Xinhua News Agency, Dalian, September 27 (Reporter Guo Xiang) On the 27th, the Dalian Intermediate People’s Court publicly sentenced the defendant Xu Changyuan and other 24 people involved in a gangster case, with more than ten crimes including organizing and leading a gangster organization and fraud. For multiple crimes, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the defendant Xu Changyuan, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property.
Among the other persons involved, one was sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property; one was sentenced to 25 years in prison, confiscated all personal property, and deprived of political rights for five years; the remaining defendants were separately sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was sentenced to imprisonment ranging from twelve years to two years and two months, as well as deprivation of political rights, confiscation of property, and fines.
The defendant unit Dalian Changbo Logistics Co., Ltd. was sentenced to fines for the crime of obtaining loans by fraud.
Many of the defendants in this case are brothers and sisters of Xu Changyuan.
The Dalian Intermediate People’s Court found that in 1996, the defendant Xu Changyuan was appointed as the deputy mayor of Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province.
Since then, Xu Changyuan has been promoted continuously. His third, fourth, and fifth younger brothers have successively established Dalian Changbo Logistics Co., Ltd. and other economic entities. Under Xu Changyuan’s leadership, guidance, and connivance, relying on Xu Changyuan’s political status to recruit idle people in society, Violence, threats and other means arbitrarily grab illegal benefits, collusion between government and business, use business to raise gangsters, and protect business gangs, gradually forming a family-style criminal organization with the nature of the underworld.
This underworld organization has been entrenched in the Dalian area for more than ten years, using violence, threats or other means to implement fraud, fraudulent loans, usury on-lending, embezzlement, bribery, bribery by units, gambling, illegal detention, illegal intrusion into houses, crowd fights, etc. Gathering crowds to disrupt social order, provoking quarrels, deliberate injuring, harbouring and other criminal acts; committing more than 30 illegal acts such as provoking quarrels, illegal detention, illegal business operations, illegal debt collection, forced trading, deliberate injury, etc., and grabbing the amount of economic benefits It is particularly huge. The plot of bullying and mutilating the people is particularly bad. It has had a significant impact in Zhuanghe City, Pulandian City (now Pulandian District) and even the entire Dalian area. It has formed strong illegal controls in various fields such as finance and real estate development. Endangered the order of social life and economic development.
The organization has also continued to penetrate into the political field. In addition to Xu Changyuan's long-term leadership position, many family members have served as deputies to people's congresses at all levels and members of the CPPCC.
The Dalian Intermediate People's Court formed a 7-person collegiate panel composed of 3 judges and 4 people's assessors in accordance with the law. The case was tried in three sessions. A total of 32 defenders appeared in court to defend the defendant and the defendant. The Dalian Intermediate People's Court made a first-instance judgment in accordance with the law on the facts, nature, circumstances, role, and degree of harm to society of each defendant.