China News Service, Haikou, July 29 (Qin Yiqiong) On July 29, the Haikou City Intermediate People's Court conducted a first-instance public verdict on the case of defendant Wang Shaozhang and other 20 people involved in gang-related crimes.
The court sentenced Wang Shaozhang to commit crimes of organizing and leading a triad organization, crimes of provoking quarrels, crimes of forced trading, crimes of embezzlement, and the crime of deliberate destruction of property, as well as several crimes. All personal property will be confiscated. Master Wang En, who was guilty of the crime of participating in a gang-like organization and the crime of creating troubles, decided to carry out 14 years of imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for four years, and confiscated all personal property. Wang Ankang was convicted of participating in a crime of a triad organization, provoking trouble, forced trading, intentionally destroying property, opening a casino, and concurrent punishment for several crimes. He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, deprived of political rights for four years, and confiscated all individuals. property. The other 17 defendants were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from one year and six months to eleven years.
On the morning of July 29, the Haikou City Intermediate People's Court conducted a first-instance public sentence in accordance with the law in a case involving 20 people including the defendant Wang Shaozhang. Photo courtesy of Haikou Intermediate People's Court
At the same time, the property involved in the case with a value of tens of millions of yuan that has been sealed up, frozen, and seized was sentenced to be confiscated in accordance with the law and turned over to the state treasury. Other illegal and criminal proceeds of the underworld organization will continue to be recovered in accordance with the law.
The court found that since 2010, the defendant Wang Shaozhang took advantage of the large-scale development of the Mission Hills area in Haikou City to promote the appreciation of the land in this area, in order to embezzle the interests of the land in the Guoyang Village Committee area, and rely on his economic strength obtained in the early years of business. The kinship is the link, and the defendants Wang Enshi, Wang Ankang, Wang Enke, Chen Yanji, Wang Shengwei, Wang Shiheng and others were gathered and enlisted to form a relatively stable criminal organization with as many as 18 people. The organization has clear organizers and leaders. The backbone members are basically fixed. They obtain economic benefits through organized implementation of illegal and criminal activities to support the organization’s activities and development; through violence, threats and other means, organized multiple implementations Illegal and criminal activities, doing evil for wrong, oppressing and harming the masses; through the organized implementation of 17 specific illegal and criminal activities, dominating one side; manipulating grassroots autonomous organizations and sabotaging grassroots general elections, against the Guoyang Village Committee in Longhua District, Haikou City The grassroots political power and land resources have formed illegal control and significant influence, seriously disrupting the local economy and social life order, and forming extremely bad social influences. The organization should be recognized as a criminal organization in accordance with the law. The facts of the crimes charged by the public prosecution agency are clear, the evidence is indeed sufficient, and the charges are convicted.
The case involved a total of 8 crimes including organizing, leading, participating in a triad organization, provoking quarrels, and forced trading. It involved 17 illegal and criminal facts and was a major and sensitive case. The characteristic of the crime in this case is the use of personal financial resources and family power, through the hiring of thugs, large-scale bribery to form evil forces to control grassroots organizations, and use grassroots organizations to grab economic benefits. The underworld organization organized and led by the defendant Wang Shaozhang went rampant in the township and committed crimes, causing extreme dissatisfaction among local villagers. From 2016 to 2018, dozens of local villagers jointly reported to Haikou City, Hainan Province, and the twelfth group of the Central Inspection Group to report the illegal activities of the gangster organization.
The Haikou City Intermediate People’s Court stated that the lawful judgment of the case severely cracked down on the underworld organization’s control of rural grassroots government, monopolizing rural land resources, bullying and cruelty to local people, and disrupting local economic and social life order. It effectively maintained the stability of the grassroots political power, safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of the masses, and created a safe and stable social environment for accelerating the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. (Finish)