Zhongxin.com, June 21, according to the website of the Dehong State Intermediate People's Court of Yunnan Province, the morning of June 21st, the Dehong State Intermediate People's Court of Yunnan Province confronted Zeng Pengpeng and Zhang Wenbo in the Mengmao Hall of Ruili City and the Intermediate People's Court The 46 accused involved in criminal cases were publicly sentenced according to law.
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31 defendants including Zang Pengpeng committed the crimes of organizing, leading, and participating in triad organizations, the crimes of participating in triad organizations, the crime of kidnapping, the crime of organizing others to cross borders, and the crime of stealing borders. Zang Pengpeng, Li Xiong, Zhang Taotao were sentenced to death, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property; Sun Xiaodong, Qu Caiming were sentenced to death, suspended for two years, and restricted commutation, deprived of political rights for life, and imposed Confiscated all personal property; Chen Jiahui was sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property; the remaining 25 defendants were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from seventeen years to four years, and fined.
The 15 defendants, including Zhang Wenbo, committed the crimes of organizing, leading, and participating in triad organizations, the crimes of participating in triad organizations, the crime of kidnapping, the crime of organizing others to steal the border, and the crime of stealing the border. Zhang Wenbo and Sun Hu were sentenced to death, suspended for two years, deprived of political rights for life and confiscated all personal property; Wang Yu, Zhang Biao and Xi Qizhou were sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life and confiscated individuals All property; the remaining 10 defendants were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 16 years to three years and six months, and fined.
As confirmed by the public hearing of the Dehong Intermediate People's Court, from August 2016 to October 2017, 31 defendants including Zang Pengpeng and 15 defendants including Zhang Wenbo formed a triad organization, relying on overseas casinos and using Internet social platforms Post false information such as borrowing and gambling, applying for loans, recruiting high-paying jobs, and providing transportation and travel expenses to lure the victim to Ruili City, Yunnan Province, and then organize the victim to cross the border to an overseas casino, and force or trick the victim to borrow chips to make gambling debts. Repay the gambling debts and high transportation expenses to detain the victims in overseas locations, assault, abuse and insult the victims, and force the relatives and friends to pay the ransom through telephone, WeChat, video calls and other means.
Zang Pengpeng and other defendants extorted ransom from relatives and friends of the victims in the above manner, and caused serious consequences for four deaths and one serious injury.
The defendants such as Zhang Wenbo extorted ransom from the victim's relatives and friends in the above manner, and caused two deaths and one serious injury.
The triad organizations headed by the defendants Zang Pengpeng and Zhang Wenbo, respectively, rely on overseas casinos, disregard national laws, use violence, threats or other means to carry out illegal criminal activities for many times to seek illegal economic benefits, do evil, oppress and abuse the masses, and violate China. Citizens' rights to personal freedom, physical health and life constitute the crimes of organizing, leading and participating in triad organizations, kidnapping, organizing others to cross borders, and crossing borders. The court made the above judgment in accordance with law.