China News Service, July 8 (Xinhua) According to the official WeChat news of the Guizhou High People's Court, on July 8, 2020, the Guiyang Intermediate People's Court executed the death penalty for the murder of the crime-killing policeman Ma Jintao, who was approved by the Supreme People's Court according to law.

  Since mid-December 2018, the criminal money, as accommodating criminals, Lu Qixing and Du Rusong have taken drugs together in their houses in Qixia District, Yunyan District, Guiyang City. On December 20 of the same year, the policeman Ma Jintao of the Huaxi Branch of the Public Security Bureau of Guiyang City (the victim, who was only 30 years old at the time of the sacrifice) received a report when he investigated the clues involving pornography, gambling and poison in the special anti-crime campaign against evil. There is a drug abuse den in the Qixia community of the district." Ma Jintao then led several colleagues to the Qixia community to arrest drug users.

Image source: Official WeChat of Guizhou Higher People's Court

  After arriving at the location, Ma Jintao and others knocked on the door and revealed the identity of the police, and asked the personnel in the house to open the door. In order to prevent criminals from escaping through the window, Ma Jintao arranged for other colleagues to guard on the first floor, and he was ready to arrest people inside the house at any time outside the door. The three criminals decided to rush out of the house after consultation due to drug addiction. In order to obtain drugs, Qian distributed the crossbow arrows, folding knives and other murderous weapons to Lu Qixing and Du Rusong. After seeing the three people, Ma Jintao, who was guarding the door, was ready to arrest them, and the three held armed resistance. During the fight, Lu Qixing stabbed Ma Jintao in the heart with a crossbow arrow, and the arrow broke in the body, causing Ma Jintao to die on the spot, and the three criminals fled.

  After identification, the victim, Ma Jintao, was stabbed into the heart and lungs by a sharp object and caused massive blood loss. On the evening of December 20, 2018, Du Rusong was arrested on the way to surrender; on December 21, Lu Qixing and Qian were arrested successively.

  On April 12, 2019, the first instance of Guiyang City Intermediate Court ruled that Lu Qixing committed the crime of intentional homicide, sentenced him to death, and deprived him of his political rights for life; Qian was sentenced to life imprisonment and deliberately deprived of his political rights for life. , Sentenced to two years in prison, and a fine of 2,000 yuan. He was punished for several crimes and decided to execute life imprisonment, deprived him of his political rights for life, and fined him 2,000 yuan; Du Rusong committed a crime of intentional homicide and sentenced him to nine years in prison. After the sentence was pronounced, Lu Qixing, Qian Sao, and Du Rusong were dissatisfied and appealed separately.

  On November 8, 2019, the Guizhou Provincial High Court made a second-instance ruling that the original conviction was accurate, the sentence was appropriate, the trial procedure was legal, the appeal was dismissed, the original sentence was upheld, and it was reported to the Supreme Court for approval according to law. Recently, the Supreme Court issued a death penalty order.

  After Ma Jintao's sacrifice for business, it caused a strong response from all walks of life. More than 400,000 netizens spontaneously launched a tribute event on the Internet to "salute the hero and light the candle for the police Ma Jintao." He has been posthumously awarded the "Guizhou May 1st Labor Medal", "Guizhou May 4th Youth Medal", "Outstanding Communist Party Member of the Province" and "Model Hero of the Public Security System".