12 people were sentenced in first instance in the case of "petitioner Chen Yuxian's death"
Defendant Niu Li and others pretended to be petitioners to engage in illegal activities of interception and deportation, and 12 defendants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3 to 14 years.
The Beijing News reported on this case on November 14, 2018.
In November 2018, Chen Yuxian, the eldest son of Chen Yuxian, submitted a report letter to relevant personnel to the Ganzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. Photo courtesy of interviewees
In early June 2017, Chen Yuxian went to Beijing to appeal for a case of fake and inferior seeds. During this period, Chen Yuxian was intimidated, detained, tied and beaten in Beijing by an interception gang until he was rescued and died. After a one-month investigation by the Beijing police, all 12 suspects of the gang were arrested.
After the Beijing News published the relevant report on November 14, 2018, it caused widespread concern in the society. On June 9, 2020, the first-instance judgment of the Second Intermediate People's Court in Beijing, the 12 accused in the death case of petitioner Chen Yuxian from Shangxi, Jiangxi, were sentenced to 3 to 14 years for the crime of intentional injury.
The Beijing News reported that the death of Chen Yuxian, which had caused widespread public concern, has made progress recently. The Second Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing issued the first-instance judgment on June 9. The verdict showed that the defendant Niu Li pretended to be a petitioner, collected the defendants Su Rilige, Niu Tieguang, and others, and had been engaged in searching for people from other places to intercept and interview Illegal activities for repatriation. The 12 accused in the death case of Chen Yuxian, a petitioner in Shangyou, Jiangxi, were sentenced to 3 to 14 years for the crime of intentional injury. Among them, the defendants Niu Li, Su Rilig and Niu Tieguang were identified as evil forces.
61-year-old petitioner was beaten to death
On November 14, 2018, the Beijing News published two investigation reports, "The Death of Petitioner Chen Yuxian" and "The Hot Business of Interviewing the Company", which caused a strong response.
According to reports, in early June 2017, 61-year-old Chen Yuxian, in Shangyou County, Jiangxi Province, appealed to Beijing for a case of fake and inferior seeds that had been dust-proof for more than ten years. In the meantime, Chen Yuxian was intimidated, detained, tied up and beaten by interceptors in many vehicles in Fengtai, Daxing and other places in Beijing until he died when he was rescued. On August 23, 2017, the "Notice of Appraisal Opinion" issued by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau showed that Chen Yuxian was in line with others who repeatedly applied blunt external force to the head, neck, and trunk to cause mechanical suffocation.
After a one-month investigation by the Beijing police, all 12 major suspects, including Niu Li, the person in charge of the intercepted company, were arrested. They then pulled out the fact that the Interview Bureau of Shangyou County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, hired interceptors to deport the petitioners. A video file provided by Chen Yuxian, the eldest son of Chen Yuxian, showed that on the day of the incident, Lai Xuewen, then director of the letter and petition of Shangyu County, offered a price of 25,000 yuan, allowing Niu Li and other interceptors to send Chen Yuxian back to Shangyu.
The report also revealed that after Chen Yuxian's death, the interception business conducted by Niu Li Company surfaced. Since he engaged in interception in 2012, he seized the huge business opportunity of interception, established a portal in 2014, and registered Beijing Shenzhou Changxing Car Rental Co., Ltd. in 2016, building a line including local government, information officer, interception driver, Benefit chain of interception including black security.
Since then, Niu Li and other 12 people have been prosecuted by the Second Branch of the Beijing People's Procuratorate. The case was tried in the Second Intermediate People's Court of Beijing on May 24, 2018, and the first-instance judgment was made on June 9 this year.
Verdict reveals details of petitioner's beating
The first-instance verdict disclosed the entire process of petitioner Chen Yuxian's beating. Many details of the case were disclosed for the first time.
The verdict shows that at about 13:00 on June 4, 2017, the defendant Niu Li learned that the victim Chen Yuxian petitioned from Jiangxi to Beijing. After confirming Chen Yuxian's identity, he instructed the defendant Niu Tiekuang to arrange personnel and vehicles to return Chen to his place of origin.
Niu Tieguang then arranged the defendants Zhang Liyang, Yu Xuebin and Su Rilig to assign Chen Yun and Guo Linjun to pick up Chen Yuxian together. At about 15:00 on the same day, the above-mentioned personnel escorted Chen Yuxian to the vicinity of Wangyuan Dongli, Fengtai District, Beijing. On the way, Zhang Liyang, Chen Yun, and Guo Linjun beat them successively because Chen Yuxian did not cooperate.
At 18 o'clock that day, Su Rilige, Niu Tieguang and others arrived at Wangyuan East. During the replacement of the vehicle, due to Chen Yuxian's resistance, Su Rilige, Chen Yun, Guo Linjun used violent means such as beating and dragging to force Chen Yuxian into the car. Inside, and beaten Chen Yuxian in the car.
After changing the car, Zhang Liyang informed Chen Jiaquan to take care of Chen Yuxian. Later, Chen Jiaquan beat and punched Chen Yuxian with fists and batons.
During this period, Chen Jiaquan reported to Niu Li that Chen Yuxian did not cooperate and was beaten. Niu Li asked Chen Jiaquan to arrange for a change of cart, and instructed Niu Tieguang to visit the scene. Subsequently, Su Rilige, Chen Yun, and Guo Linjun again used violent means to bring Chen Yuxian to Chen's car.
Niu Tieguang bought tape on the way back to the scene, witnessed Chen Yuxian being beaten and reported the situation to Niuli on the phone. After learning that Chen Yuxian was beaten, Niu Li did not stop it, and said that he would continue his deportation.
At about 20 o'clock that day, Su Rilig instructed Kang Ruichao to drive the car to a remote place, instructing Chen Yun, Guo Linjun, Zhang Pan, Zhang Fahui, Li Xinxing to beat and bind Chen Yuxian, binding his hands and feet with a network cable, causing him to lie on the back ground in the car .
At about 21 o'clock, Chen Yuxian's breathing and heartbeat were abnormal during his deportation, and he was then taken to the Daxing District Hospital. When he arrived at the hospital, Chen Yuxian was dead.
Niu Li and others have been engaged in illegal activities of interception and deportation for a long time
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court found that the defendant Niu Li pretended to be a petition worker, collected the defendants Su Rilige, Niu Tieguang, and others, and engaged in illegal activities of searching for people from other places to intercept and repatriate to their place of origin.
From the beginning of 2017 to June 2017, Niu Li, Su Lilig, Niu Tieguang and others illegally detained and deliberately harmed others. They did bad things and caused relatively bad social impact, forming a gang of evil forces. The three members are members of this gang of evil forces. .
The first-instance judgment also disclosed two illegal facts committed by Niu Li, Su Rilig, and Niu Tieguang as evil gangs.
On March 6, 2017, the defendant Niu Li together with Niu Tieguang instructed the defendants Su Rilige and Chen Jiaquan, etc., to take the illegal detention and return Cha Mouying and Yu Moukai from Beijing South Railway Station to Ziyang, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province. town. In the meantime, Zha Mouying was threatened by deportees and Yu Moukai was violently beaten.
On April 18, 2017, the defendant Niu Li and Niu Tieguang instructed the defendant Su Rilige and others to illegally detain Zheng Mouhua, Jiang Moushen, Shu Moujin, Shu Moulong, Yao Mouying and others Beijing South Railway Station was sent back to Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province. In the meantime, Zheng Mouhua and others were threatened by deportees.
12 defendants sentenced to a maximum of 14 years
The first-instance judgment showed that 12 defendants including Niu Li were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment for the crime of intentional injury. Among them, the defendants Niu Li, Su Rilig and Niu Tieguang were severely punished for being members of evil forces. Niu Li and Su Rilig were sentenced to 14 years and deprived of political rights for 3 years; Chen Yun and Guo Linjun were sentenced to 11 years and deprived of political rights for 2 years; Zhang Pan was sentenced to 8 years and deprived of political rights for 1 year; Zhang Fahui, Li Xinxing and Niu Tieguang 6 years in prison; Zhang Liyang and Chen Jiaquan were sentenced to 3 years and 6 months; Yu Xuebin and Kang Ruichao were sentenced to 3 years.
The judgment also disclosed that during the trial of the case, the defendant Niu Li’s relatives compensated the victim Chen Yuxian’s close relatives for a total of 360,000 yuan in various economic losses on behalf of Niu Li. The two parties reached a civil mediation agreement; Chen Yuxian’s relatives said they would no longer pursue 12 such as Niu Li The defendant's civil compensation liability is withdrawn with the civil part of the prosecution.
Chen Yuxian, the eldest son of Chen Yuxian, told the Beijing News that the result of the first-instance judgment was a major node in the case. The Beijing News previously reported that on October 14, 2018, Chen Yuxian’s family filed a “Statement of Administrative Compensation Proceedings” with the Ganzhou Intermediate People’s Court, claiming more than RMB 4.97 million from the Shangyou County Government. On November 7, 2018, Ganzhou Intermediate People's Court filed a case.
On November 7, 2019, the Intermediate People's Court of Ganzhou City made an administrative ruling, stating that in the case of Chen Yuxian's family v. Shangyou County Government Administrative Compensation, the criminal case related to this case has not yet been concluded, and the trial involved Relevant issues must be based on the judgment of the criminal case, so "the case is suspended." Chen Weishu said that with the decision of the first instance, he hopes that there will be progress in the administrative compensation case.
According to the official website of the Shangyou County Government, the Shangyou County Party Committee made a decision on September 11, 2017 to remove Lai Xuewen, who was then the director of the Communist Party Committee of Shangyou County, the Bureau of Letters and Visits of the People's Government of Shangyou County, and the deputy director of the Office of the CPC Committee of Shangyou County.
Beijing News reporter Lu Tong