(Beijing, June 5, 2025) A young assistant judge named Bai Bin from the Third Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing fled to Japan with his family just before the May Day holiday, allegedly taking away nearly three hundred million yuan of execution funds, causing shock in the Chinese judicial system. Sources said that the amount involved in the case could be as high as almost three hundred million yuan. Bai Bin has acquired Greek citizenship and his current whereabouts are unknown. The above report by Caixin website was deleted hours after it was published.
According to Caixin, the assistant judge involved in the case is named Bai Bin, a person from Xinzhou, Shanxi, born in the 90s. He started working in the execution bureau of the Beijing Third Intermediate People’s Court in 2014 and was a former assistant judge in the execution department before the incident. Although not holding a high position, due to systemic loopholes in the execution process, he had the key authority over the flow of large sums of money.
Sources close to the case revealed that earlier this year, Bai Bin had submitted his resignation to the court, but it had not been approved. He took advantage of his position to upload forged execution documents through the online system, transferring the execution funds to his offshore account one by one. Before the incident, he had completed the fund transfer and obtained Greek citizenship. His destination for escape may be Greece.
Rumors about the above information have been circulating in the Beijing media for several days. According to a source who informed Dajiyuan, the exposure of the case was due to Bai Bin’s girlfriend bragging to friends about their overseas plans, leading to a leak of information and an anonymous report. After learning of the news, Bai Bin took his family to Japan just before the May Day holiday and has not returned since. “This money likely comes from the execution funds of several large-scale illegal fundraising cases.”
A retired individual from the Third Prosecution Division of the Beijing Prosecutor’s Office, who preferred to remain anonymous, disclosed to Dajiyuan, “The Prosecutor’s Office often receives these types of cases assigned by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The general nature of these cases is similar, involving a large number of victims, which should have been promptly resolved, but instead, they have become tools for internal profiteering.”
It is understood that execution funds refer to the funds collected by the court during the execution of judgments, including compensation, fines, evaluation fees, and other payments made by the parties of a case, which are then allocated to the winning party. Despite the Supreme Court explicitly stating since 2017 that execution funds should be handled with strict supervision, there are still issues of lax internal controls and uncontrolled processes in practice.
The retired person from the prosecutor’s office also mentioned, “Previously, in handling cases, execution documents had to be handwritten, reviewed at each level, and stamped. Now, printing a document allows the funds to be transferred, as long as the account matches, the bank generally does not scrutinize too closely.” A former execution judge who worked in the Beijing court system for more than ten years revealed that many grassroots execution bureaus have tight manpower, and it is not uncommon for a single person to handle executions, which has become a breeding ground for regulatory loopholes.
Multiple sources within the Beijing judicial circle stated that after Bai Bin went into hiding, the Beijing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection promptly launched an investigation. Zhu Ping, former secretary of the Xicheng District Commission for Discipline Inspection, was “parachuted in” to the Beijing Third Intermediate People’s Court at the end of May and appointed as the vice president.
It is known that Zhu Ping has been employed in the discipline inspection and supervision system for many years and has been involved in the investigation of corruption cases in the financial and judicial fields multiple times.
Another interviewee familiar with the political and legal system stated, “This matter is significant, with hundreds of millions of yuan involved, causing a stir within the judicial system. Zhu Ping’s arrival was quite sudden, and it is said that he was originally prepared for a promotion, but this time he was urgently reassigned and can be described as stepping up in a time of crisis.”
On the same day, the Beijing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision also announced that Zhang Meixin, former vice president of the Beijing Third Intermediate People’s Court, is under investigation for “suspected serious violations of discipline and law.” Zhang Meixin previously served as the director of the execution bureau of the Beijing High People’s Court and was one of the key designers of the execution system in Beijing. His downfall has also led to widespread speculation about its connection to the Bai Bin case.
Although the case was initially disclosed by Caixin website, related reports were deleted within hours, and the webpage displayed a “404 error.” Currently, the official Chinese authorities have not issued a public notification regarding this case. However, it has been widely circulated on social media platforms and within the legal community, raising questions from the public about the execution system in Chinese courts and internal supervision.
Zhang Li, a sociology lecturer before at Tsinghua University, believes that the fact that a “post-90s” individual could take away billions implies that no one was seriously monitoring the execution funds. “I believe this case may be just the tip of the iceberg.”