Zhou Liangen

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Zhou was born and raised in Xichuan County, Henan. He entered Zhengzhou University in September 1983, majoring in political law, where he graduated in July 1987. After college, he worked there.^{[citation needed]}

Zhou joined the Chinese Communist Party in June 1987, and began his political career in July 1987.^{[citation needed]}

He served in various posts in Education Section of Political Department of Henan Provincial Public Security, before serving as deputy director of Shangqiu Municipal Public Security Bureau.^{[citation needed]}

From 2003 to 2012, he spent 9 years serving in various political roles in Henan Provincial Public Security.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2012, he was appointed the vice-mayor of Hebi and party chief of Hebi Municipal Public Security Bureau, he remained in that positions until March 2014, when he was transferred to Kaifeng and appointed the vice-mayor, he concurrently served as director and party chief of Kaifeng Municipal Public Security Bureau.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2014, he was being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for "violations of laws and regulations of the CCP" and was "illegally" detained under "Shuanggui" Method.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, he and his attorney appealed to the court but got denied. In such political case, it's impossible for one who went through Shuanggui to win justice through appealing to the higher court, since the jurisdiction process was not independent from the CCP in such political case where "Shuanggui" was applied.

After one and half years of detention, on November 18, 2016, he was sentenced to 3 years and fined 200,000 yuan (approx. $27,000 USD) for taking bribes from three subsidiaries in the total amount of 200,000 yuan (approx. $27,000 USD) by the Zhengzhou Intermediate People's Court.^[4]

He was released in 2018. He was not part of the Chinese Communist Party after the sentence.