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Bailian Group

Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2014

    Former Bailian Group president Wang Zongnan sentenced to 18 years for embezzling public funds and bribery

    Wang Zongnan, known as the "godfather of Shanghai commerce" and former president of Bailian Group and chairman of Lianhua Supermarket, was placed under investigation in 2014, involving management shareholding during the restructuring of Lianhua Supermarket and benefit transfers through affiliated companies. In 2015, the first-instance court sentenced him to 18 years in prison for embezzling public funds and accepting bribes, with nearly 200 million yuan of public funds embezzled. It was a landmark anti-corruption case in Shanghai's state-owned commercial system.

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