Victims in the second hearing of Yuzhang Academy file civil compensation
The case was held for the second time yesterday, and three victims filed civil compensation; the court of Qingshan Lake District of Nanchang City will be sentenced to the first instance on July 7
After being exposed to abusing students, it was suspended for nearly three years. Yesterday, the illegal detention case of Yuzhang Academy opened for the second time. It is reported that the People's Court of Qingshan Lake District of Nanchang City will announce the judgment of the first instance on July 7.
Beijing News July 3, Nanchang City Qingshan Lake District Yuzhang Academy Slim Education Specialized School (hereinafter referred to as "Yuzhang Academy") held a second trial for illegal detention, which lasted more than four hours. It is reported that the People's Court of Qingshan Lake District of Nanchang City will announce the judgment of the first instance on July 7.
On April 29 this year, the "Yuzhang Academy Case" was held for the first time. In November 2019, Nanchang Qingshanhu District Procuratorate approved the arrest of Wu Junbao, chairman of Yuzhang Academy. On July 2, 2020, a reporter from the Beijing News found that the original site of Yuzhang Academy had become an art training school.
The trial mainly focused on the civil compensation cross-examination debate
The court trial lasted from 9 am to nearly 2 pm, and the People's Court of Qingshan Lake District of Nanchang City broadcast live the court trial. This court trial did not involve criminal proceedings, mainly about the three victims who filed civil compensation for cross-examination.
A focus of the trial was that student Luo Wei proposed to be diagnosed with depression and anxiety after being picked up by his family from Yuzhang Academy. Luo Wei filed in the criminal incidental civil lawsuit, requesting that the defendants Wu Junbao and Ren Weiqiang publicly apologize to him in a national newspaper, and publish and publish a copy of the apology document on the online platform, demanding compensation for mental damages and comfort money. 100,000 yuan, compensation for medical expenses of 20,000 yuan; compensation for transportation, accommodation and other expenses. Defendants such as Wu Junbao believed that Luo Wei had psychological problems before entering Yuzhang Academy and did not recognize his request.
Luo Wei’s aunt attended the trial as a witness. She told the Beijing News reporter that Luo Wei had mental problems after receiving it from the school, and his family took him around for treatment. Luo Wei’s parents did not support him in the lawsuit. On the one hand, he was afraid of being retaliated. In addition, he did not pay attention to keeping the relevant evidence. Therefore, Luo Wei resented his parents, thinking that the parents sent him there and lost the key evidence.
Wu Junbao said during the court trial that before Luo Wei entered the school, his family went to investigate and knew the school well. He believes that Luo Wei's psychological problems were not caused by the school. Prior to this, he had the idea of "killing his parents", and his family could not be disciplined before being sent to the school.
After the trial, Luo Wei told the Beijing News reporter that if the trial did not meet expectations, he would appeal.
3 of the 12 victims filed civil compensation
The Beijing News reporter previously reported that in October 2017, some students reported that Nanchang Yuzhang Academy "abstained from Internet addiction" had serious problems of severe corporal punishment, imprisonment, and violent training, which caused widespread public concern. In the same month, Nanchang Qingshan Lake District released the investigation results, confirming that Yuzhang Academy did indeed punish the station, beat the ruler, beat the bamboo whip and other related systems, and instructed the District Education and Sports Bureau to punish the school’s educational institution and pursue the responsible persons. responsibility.
Later Yuzhang Academy took the initiative to apply for suspension. By November 2019, the Procuratorate of Qingshan Lake District, Nanchang City, approved the arrest of Wu Junbao, the chairman of Yuzhang Academy. On April 29 this year, the "Yuzhang Academy Case" was held for the first time.
On June 4 this year, the victim Luo Wei submitted an incidental civil complaint to the Qingshan Lake District Court of Nanchang City. On June 9, Luo Wei was entrusted by another victim and also filed a complaint.
According to previous reports, Luo Wei was brought up by grandma from an early age and had a cold relationship with his parents. In 2013, after the 20-year-old Luo Wei failed in the college entrance examination, Luo Wei smashed the walls and doors of his home due to school problems and his parents quarreled with him. After that, he was sent to Yuzhang Academy by his parents. In three months, Luo Wei lost 20 pounds. The grandmother went to school, saw him sallow and thin around the door, and cried a few times when he returned home. His father finally agreed to pick him up in advance. After coming out, Luo Wei had no way to live a normal life. The doctor diagnosed anxiety and depression.
On July 3, Luo Wei's grandmother also testified in the court trial that he had a mental illness, and he helped Luo Wei buy therapeutic drugs many times.
In addition, Zhou Mou, the first victim to be reported online, also filed a criminal incidental civil suit. Xia Nan, an attorney representing Zhou, was entrusted with issuing the "Law on Criminal Complaints" to the Nanchang Police. Xia Nan believes that unless detained by law, Wu Junbao and others are also suspected of committing the crime of ill-treatment, guardianship, and caregiver, and even suspected of being involved in "black".
It is understood that Zhou was unable to keep up with his studies due to illness, and once dropped out of school to play games at home. His mother tricked him to play in Nanchang and sent him to Yuzhang Academy. During three months in school, Zhou claimed to have been subjected to physical punishment by the instructor with a ruler and a dragon whip. After Zhou Mou came out, he also had serious psychological obstacles. His mother took him out to play, he jumped on the road, worried that his mother would send him to places like Yuzhang Academy. He then lived in a psychologist's house for more than a year, and gradually recovered his mental health.
Luo Wei told the Beijing News reporter that of the 12 victims who have been included in the case, only 3 of them have filed an incidental civil lawsuit, and the other 9 have not been contacted. In the first item of their lawsuit, they all demanded that the defendant, founder of Yuzhang Academy Wu Junbao, apologize to the victim.
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Students outside the court accused of encountering Yuzhang Academy
It is understood that after the incident, more students came forward to accuse themselves of their experience at Yuzhang Academy, and some students reported to the police. The Qingshan Lake Public Security Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Nanchang City investigated the case and sentenced Zhang Shun and Qu Wenkuan, two instructors of Yuzhang Academy, to criminal detention. In November 2019, the Procuratorate of Qingshan Lake District in Nanchang approved the arrest of Wu Junbao and others. Arrested by the police one after another, there was Ren Weiqiang, the former principal of Yuzhang Academy, and Chen Bin, the instructor.
On the morning of July 3, some students waited outside the court for the trial results. A student who first reported to the police, "First Enlightenment" (screen name), told the Beijing News reporter that the last time she made a transcript after reporting to the police was May 20, and has not yet been listed as a victim by the procuratorate. Unable to participate in court hearings.
"First Enlightenment" recalled that in 2014, when she was 14 years old, she originally came to Yuzhang Academy to study the knowledge of Chinese studies. She enrolled 70,000 yuan a year in tuition. After entering the school, she did not expect to be corporal punishment, abuse, or being bullied by other students. She said that she was imprisoned twice, during which she could not tell her family. After leaving school, she was diagnosed with severe depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses.
According to media reports, volunteer Lu Yinggang found that 70% to 80% of the students he walked out of Yuzhang Academy had mental disorders such as mania, depression, and anxiety. Many student families have scars originally, and after leaving the academy, they are far away from their parents and schools.
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Yuzhang Academy's original site change art training school
The indictment of the People’s Procuratorate of Qingshan Lake District obtained by the Beijing News reporter showed that on May 16, 2013, the defendants Wu Junbao, Ren Weiqiang and others jointly funded and opened in Wuxi Wu Village, Luojia Town, Qingshan Lake District, Nanchang after approval. Nanchang City Qingshan Lake District Yuzhang Academy Slim Education Specialized School", Wu Junbao served as the chairman, responsible for the school's overall work, and Ren Weiqiang served as the principal, responsible for the school's daily work. The school is a private non-academic education and training institution with permission to run; the type of education is cultural education and training; the content of the school is self-cultivation and art education and training, and it enrolls students between 6 and 18 years old; there is no accommodation and no cafeteria.
On January 7, 2014, with the approval of the addition of the "Qingshan Lake District Sunshine School" school card, the implementation of two brands, a set of management, responsible for the education and behavior correction of young people with bad behaviors.
After investigation, from May 2013 to November 2017, Wu Junbao, Ren Weiqiang and other people knew that the school did not have the qualifications to carry out psychology education and psychotherapy, and they still carried out activities related to psychotherapy and mental disorder treatment to the freshmen of the school without authorization. "Morita Therapy", set up a "small black room" in the school to allow freshmen to enter, and arranged personnel to take care of the confinement for seven days, illegally depriving students of their personal freedom.
In the "Little Black House", Ren Weiqiang was responsible for arranging the caretaker on duty. The defendant Zhang Shun was the director of the school safety department, responsible for the implementation of the caretaker arrangement and the management of the caretaker, and participated in the shift guard. The defendant Qu Wenkuan, Chen Bin and other school staff Participate in shift watch. During this period, more than 240 people were imprisoned, including minors, and the time for each imprisonment ranged from three to ten days.
The Prosecutor's Office of Qingshan Lake District in Nanchang believes that the defendants Wu Junbao, Ren Weiqiang, Zhang Shun, Qu Congkuan, and Chen Bin illegally deprived others of their personal freedom and should be held criminally responsible for the crime of illegal detention.
On July 2nd, a reporter from the Beijing News found that the original site of Yuzhang Academy had become an art training school, and the gate and roadside walls still had the mark of Yuzhang Academy on the roadside wall leading to the former site of Yuzhang Academy The four words "Yuzhang Academy" have been obscured. A nearby resident said that Yuzhang Academy did not operate after the accident, and the landlord has subletted the house.
Beijing News reporter Zhao Pengle Li Yang