According to the "Jilin Release" WeChat *** news, on December 25, the Intermediate People's Court of Baicheng City, Jilin Province, publicly announced the verdict on the retrial of Huang Deyi and 18 others for picking quarrels and provoking troubles, and upheld the conviction and sentencing of Huang Deyi and He Shuchun in accordance with the lawHuang Song, Huang Qiang, Huang Dejun, Huang Deyou, and Liu Yanhui were exempted from criminal punishment;Huang Yong, Huang Gang, Huang Wei, Liu Yanjie, He Shuyun, Zuo Qingzhi, Wu Fengqing, Long Li, Liu Haibo, Li Li, and Bian Guang were acquitted.
On December 31, 2019, the People's Court of Taonan City, Jilin Province, sentenced Huang Deyi to two years in prison, suspended for two years, for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking troubleHe Shuchun and 17 others were sentenced to one year in prison, six months of criminal detention, and three months in prison, and suspended sentences were announced at the same time. After the verdict was announced, Huang Deyi and 18 others did not appeal, and the procuratorate did not protest, and the verdict has taken legal effect. Later, Huang Deyi was not satisfied, and his appeal to the People's Court of Taonan City, Jilin Province was rejected, and he appealed to the Baicheng Intermediate People's Court, which decided to escalate the trial on September 27, 2023, and heard the case publicly on November 13, 2023.
Mobile pontoons. Source: Voice of China.
After re-examination, the court found that in the course of the Tao'er River between Zhenlin Village, Wafang Town, Taonan City, Jilin Province, and An'an Village, Ping'an Town, Taobei District, Baicheng City, because the riverbed was hard and the water flow was shallow, the surrounding people had crossed the river from here for a long time, and an old road to cross the river was gradually formed in the river, and two side roads leading to the old road were also formed on both sides of the riverbank, which were connected with the old road. In most years, except during the flood season, pedestrians and vehicles of all kinds can cross the river from the side roads on both sides of the river via the old roads. Between 2005 and 2014, the defendant in the original trial, Huang Deyi, together with Huang Dejun and Huang Deyou, illegally built a pontoon bridge at the above-mentioned river channel without approval. Between 2014 and 2018, Huang Deyi funded, designed and organized Huang Dejun, Huang Deyou, He Shuchun, Huang Song, Huang Qiang, Huang Gang, Huang Yong, and Huang Wei to illegally build a fixed bridge in the river, and illegally built a color steel house and a weighbridge at the bridgehead. After the fixed bridge was completed, in order to collect more fees, Huang Deyi, He Shuchun, and Huang Song blocked and destroyed the original road entrance to the river and the old road in the river by piling soil and digging pits, forcing passing vehicles to pass through the bridge. Huang Deyi was repeatedly ordered by the local water conservancy bureau to demolish and fined the bridge for illegally building the bridge, and after Huang Deyi paid the fine, he either did not dismantle the bridge and continued to collect fees, or only demolished the bridge deck to pay the punishment, and then organized the defendants of the original trial to build the bridge again and collect fees. Liu Yanhui and He Shuchun each charge 12 days a month, and his wife Liu Yanjie participates in the collection when He Shuchun is on duty. After 2017, He Shuchun and Bian Guang charged Liu Yanhui on behalf of him. He Shuchun and Bian Guang collected the money and deducted the daily wage, and the rest was handed over to Huang Deyi, Liu Yanhui, and Huang Song. Huang Dejun and Zuo Qingzhi, Huang Deyou and Wu Fengqing, Huang Qiang and Li Li, Huang Gang and Long Li, Huang Yong and Liu Haibo, Huang Wei and He Shuyun, take the family as a unit, and charge one day a month for themselves.
The defendant Huang Deyi of the original trial, together with the defendants He Shuchun, Huang Song, Huang Qiang, Huang Dejun, Huang Deyou, and Liu Yanhui, arbitrarily occupied the river and illegally built bridges without the approval of the administrative organs, and in order to obtain illegal benefits, blocked and destroyed the intersection of the convenient road that originally led to the river and the old road in the river, causing some vehicles to suffer property losses due to falling into the pit, so that other vehicles could not or dare to pass through the old road, and were forced to cross the river from the bridge involved in the case;Huang Deyi and others set up chains and ropes at the bridgehead, and arranged shifts throughout the day to intercept passing vehicles and forcibly collect bridge tolls, which caused disputes and disputes many timesHuang Deyi and others built the bridge without permission and refused to correct it after many administrative punishments, continued to carry out the above acts knowing that they were illegal, ignored national laws and regulations and administrative punishments, and repeatedly forcibly demanded other people's property, undermining the order of social management, and the circumstances were serious, and the conduct constituted the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. The original judgment was accurate in convicting the above seven people. Huang Deyi played a major role in the joint crime and was the principal offender, and the original judgment appropriately sentenced him and should be upheld. He Shuchun, Huang Song, Huang Qiang, Huang Dejun, Huang Deyou, and Liu Yanhui played a minor role in the joint crime and were accomplices. Huang Song, Huang Dejun, Huang Deyou, and Liu Yanhui surrendered. The defendant in the original trial, He Shuchun, had a deeper degree of involvement and played a greater role, and the original judgment was appropriate in sentencing him and should be upheld. Defendants Huang Song, Huang Qiang, Huang Dejun, Huang Deyou, and Liu Yanhui committed crimes that were minor and may be exempted from criminal punishment, and the original judgment and sentencing were improper and shall be corrected in accordance with law. Defendants in the original trial, Huang Yong, Huang Gang, Huang Wei, Liu Yanjie, He Shuyun, Zuo Qingzhi, Wu Fengqing, Long Li, Liu Haibo, Li Li, and Bian Guang, were obviously minor and did not cause much harm, and may not be considered a crime in accordance with law. The original judgment found that the defendants Huang Yong, Huang Gang, Huang Wei, Liu Yanjie, He Shuyun, Zuo Qingzhi, Wu Fengqing, Long Li, Liu Haibo, Li Li, and Bian Guang constituted the crime of picking quarrels and provoking troubles, and that the application of law was erroneous, and that they should be corrected in accordance with law.
In summary, the Baicheng Intermediate People's Court made the above judgment.
During the retrial, the court protected the procedural rights of the defendant and the defense lawyer in accordance with the law. Some deputies to the National People's Congress, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, ** reporters and 18 people from all walks of life attended the verdict.
New convenience bridge. Source: Jiupai News.
According to a report by Jiupai News in early December, after nearly two months of construction, the new convenient bridge in Yushu Village, Wafang Town, Taonan City, was completed and opened to traffic in mid-October, and traffic lights and monitoring were set up.
* Governor of Chang'an Street.