China News Network Haikou, March 11th (Reporter Hong Jianpeng) On the 11th, the Hainan Provincial Higher People's Court concluded a series of cases involving 196 people, including Changjiang Huang Hongfa, who committed crimes involving the organization of a criminal underworld. The leader of the organization, Huang Hongfa, was sentenced to death, other leading members and members were given a suspended death sentence and a fixed-term imprisonment. The court also formed an asset disposal group to dispose of the seized property valued at more than 2.5 billion yuan.

The court's trial found that since the 1980's, the evil gang of the Huang family, led by Huang Yingxiang, carried out a series of illegal and criminal activities in Changjiang County and grew stronger. By 1991, the organization had opened a casino, annexed several evil forces, and recruited social idlers to form a "thug team." As of March 1995, in order to crack down on competitors who opened casinos in Changjiang County and monopolized the underground casino industry in Changjiang County, the principal Huang Hongfa organized personnel to intentionally hurt others and cause serious injuries. The crime also marked the emergence of such crimes as Huang Hongming is the organizer and leader, and a triad organization with the clan power of the Huang family as the link was formally formed.

The picture shows the press conference of the High Court of Hainan Province to announce the results of the verdict. Photo by Hong Jianpeng

Since then, this underworld organization has been entrenching the Changjiang area for a long time, blatantly provoking the national legal bottom line, and carrying out major and influential vicious criminal activities through fierce fighting, which has become notorious in Changjiang County, causing great psychological panic to the people in Changjiang area. .

It is understood that the organization carried out a series of illegal and criminal activities such as illegal mining, forced trading, extortion and extortion in Changjiang area, and formed a number of industries and fields such as underground casinos, gravel mines, concrete, waste recycling, entertainment venues, and farmers' markets. Illegal control, soliciting huge amounts of illegal economic benefits.

The organization also seduced, attracted, and bought over local leaders of party and government agencies to act as "protective umbrellas", and through the implementation of activities such as helping "buy officials", planted credibility and fostered agents in party and government agencies. Former leaders of the Changjiang County County Party Committee and the director of the Public Security Bureau Mai Hongzhang and other leading cadres helped the organization evade investigation and strikes, which led the organization to carry out illegal and criminal activities for nearly 30 years.

As of the time of the incident, the organization had committed a total of 58 illegal and criminal activities, including 53 criminal offences. It had committed 20 counts of crimes including organization, leadership, participation in underworld organizations, crimes of intentional harm, and crimes of provocation, causing 2 crimes. Serious consequences of death, 3 serious injuries, 13 minor injuries, and 5 minor injuries. (Finish)