Nanchang, 4 Apr (ZXS) -- The "illegal detention case of Yuzhang Academy" in Jiangxi, which has attracted much attention, was publicly pronounced in the first instance at the Anyuan District People's Court in Pingxiang City on 28 April.
"Yuzhang Academy", whose full name is Nanchang Qingshan Lake District, Yuzhang Academy Self-cultivation Education College, was jointly funded and opened by Wu Junbao, Ren Weiqiang and others in May 2013. In October 5, "Yuzhang Academy" was exposed to be suspected of illegally detaining students. Since then, the school has been closed, and some students have reported the case to the police.
In July 2020, Wu Junbao, Ren Weiqiang and five others were convicted of illegal detention in the first instance. In December 7, the Nanchang Intermediate Court found that the facts of the first-instance judgment were unclear and ruled to remand for retrial. In February 2020, the Jiangxi High Court designated the Anyuan District People's Court of Pingxiang City to have jurisdiction over the case in a different place. On March 12, 2021, the case was retried in a different place at the Anyuan District People's Court in Pingxiang City.
After trial, the court found that during the period of running the school, the defendants Wu Junbao, Ren Weiqiang and others illegally carried out the so-called "Morita therapy" related to psychological treatment and mental disorder treatment activities on the students of the school, that is, some students were taken to the "boring relief room" for confinement, and arranged for personnel to supervise them, each time for a period ranging from 3 to 10 days, illegally depriving the students of their personal freedom. Defendant Zhang Shun was responsible for managing the guards and participated in shift guarding with defendant Qu Wenkuan.
After hearing, the court held that the defendants Wu Junbao, Ren Weiqiang, Zhang Shun, Qu Wenkuan, and Chen Bin illegally deprived others of their personal freedom in the course of running the school, and their acts constituted the crime of illegal detention, and the public prosecution charged them with the crime. Defendant Wu Junbao was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison and banned from engaging in education-related occupations for five years; Defendant Ren Weiqiang was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison and banned from engaging in education-related occupations for five years; Defendant Zhang Shun was sentenced to one year and ten months in prison and banned from engaging in education-related occupations for three years; Defendant Qu Wenkuan was sentenced to 11 months' imprisonment and banned from engaging in education-related occupations for three years; Defendant Chen Bin was exempted from criminal punishment.
The plaintiff's claim for compensation for tuition fees, transportation expenses to and from Yuzhang College, transportation expenses for rights protection, lawyer fees, and compensation for moral damage in the incidental civil action does not fall within the scope of material losses suffered by the victim due to criminal infringement of personal rights or destruction of property by criminals, and is not supported according to law; The plaintiff's claim for compensation for economic losses such as treatment expenses and medical expenses by the plaintiff in the incidental civil action was not supported according to law because the plaintiff did not provide sufficient evidence to prove it. In summary, the claim of the plaintiff in the incidental civil action is dismissed in accordance with the law.
After the first-instance verdict was pronounced, the defendants Wu Junbao, Ren Weiqiang, Zhang Shun, Qu Wenkuan, and Chen Bin all expressed their acceptance of the verdict and not appeal; The plaintiffs Zhou Moumou and Zhao Moumou of the incidental civil action appealed in court, and the defendant Zeng Moumou of the incidental civil action expressed his acceptance of the judgment and did not appeal. (End)