惊天的沈阳腐败案暴露于一个偶然事件。“在澳门葡京酒店、东方酒店等处的赌场内,发现有几位大陆高级官员多次出入其间参与豪赌。”1999年初,中纪委接到确切举报。经过缜密的调查发现,这些官员是沈阳市委常委、常务副市长马向东,沈阳市建委主任宁先杰等人。随后,马、宁等被中纪委“双规”,接着被辽宁省检察机关立案。审查中发现他们除赌博外,还涉嫌私分12万美元、挪用40万美元等犯罪事实。然而马向东等人与其亲友,依仗盘根错节的关系网四处活动,拉拢腐蚀了一些政府官员和参办此案的人员, The shaking Shenyang corruption case is exposed to a contingency. “In the casinos at Macau’s Lisboa Hotel and Oriental Hotel, several top mainland officials were found repeatedly participating in gambling in the meantime.” In early 1999, the Central Disciplinary Inspection Commission received an exact report. After careful investigation found that these officials are Shenyang Municipal Committee, Deputy Mayor Ma Xiangdong, Shenyang City Construction Committee Ning Xianjie and others. Subsequently, Ma Ning and others were double-checked by the Central Discipline Inspection Commission and were subsequently put on file by the procuratorial organs of Liaoning Province. During the censorship, they found apart from gambling, they also allegedly committed the criminal offense of $ 120,000 and misappropriated $ 400,000. However, Ma Xiangdong et al. And their relatives and friends relied on the network of misconduct in various quarters and razed some corrupt government officials and personnel participating in the case.