Surging News reporter Wang Xin.
On December 27, the Liaocheng Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province pronounced the first-instance verdict in the case of Guo Xinzhen, the son of Guo Gangtang, who was abducted: the defendant Hu Fuji was sentenced to a suspended death sentence for the crime of abduction and trafficking of children, and Hu Fuji was restricted from commutationDefendant Tang Lixia was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime of abducting and trafficking childrenAt the same time, the defendants Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia were ordered to jointly compensate the plaintiff in the attached civil lawsuit for losses of more than RMB 50 yuan.
Guo Gangtang told The Paper that after the first-instance verdict was announced, Hu Fuji appealed in court, and Tang Lixia pleaded guilty and accepted punishment.
According to Guo Gangtang's ** lawyer and Gao Weixiao, a lawyer at Jingshi Liaocheng Law Firm, the locations where Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia committed crimes are relatively remote rural areas. The court of first instance found that between 1997 and 1998, Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia abducted Li Mouhui (female) in a village 3 kilometers away from Tang Lixia's hometown in Binzhou, Shandong, and the latter two sent Li Mouhui backThe two also abducted and sold Guo Xinzhen to Linzhou, Henan Province in Liaocheng. After that, the two went to a village in Changzhi, Shanxi Province to abduct and sell Yang Mouhao to Hebi, Henan, and went to a village in Nanyang, Henan Province to abduct and sell Li Mouhao to Hebi, Henan. In 2001, Hu Fuji and others abducted Yang Mouyu (female) to Linzhou, Henan Province in a village in Xiping County, Henan Province. The above-mentioned abducted and trafficked children were sold for about 10,000 yuan, and the highest was sold for 150,000 yuan.
Gao Weixiao introduced that the sentencing recommendation given by the public prosecution is to sentence two people to life imprisonment or more. The Liaocheng Intermediate People's Court sentenced Hu Fuji to a suspended death sentence and restricted commutation of his sentence and sentenced Tang Lixia to life imprisonment in accordance with the law, "but it did not meet Guo Gangtang's expectations." Gao Weixiao said that the restriction on the commutation of Hufuji's sentence was decided by the court based on the circumstances of his crime. If the suspended sentence expires and Hufuji's sentence is commuted to life imprisonment in accordance with the law, then Hufuji's actual sentence cannot be less than 25 years.
Guo Gangtang believes that Hu Fuji's behavior should be punished with the highest level. In the next step, he will discuss with his lawyer whether to apply for a prosecutorial counter-appeal. Regarding the civil compensation part of the case, Gao Weixiao introduced that the amount of compensation they applied for was more than 800 yuan, and Guo Gangtang has not yet indicated that he will appeal against the civil compensation part.
According to CCTV reports, the court found out during the trial that between 1997 and 1998, the defendants Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia abducted and trafficked four children, Li Mouhui, Guo Mouzhen, Yang Mouhao, and Li Mouhao, for the purpose of betrayal. In 2001, the defendant Hu Fuji conspired with others to abduct and sell the child Yang Mouyu for the purpose of betrayal. Defendants Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia jointly carried out child abduction and trafficking for the purpose of selling, abducting and trafficking four children;Hu Fuji conspired with others to abduct and sell a child for the purpose of selling, and the acts of both constituted the crime of child trafficking. The court made the above judgment on the basis of the facts, nature, and circumstances of the two defendants' crimes.
*: The Paper).