Recently, some media reported that five elderly people with an average age of nearly 60 years old in Zhukan Village, Zhukan Township, Luoshan County, Henan Province were sentenced to 6 to 8 years in prison for obstructing construction and were identified as "Evil criminal group" has attracted social attention.
The People's Court of Luoshan County, Henan Province found out that from 2012 to 2016, Zhang Chuanli, Min Mingrong, Zhang Chuanxiu, Huang Congxiu, and Yu Xiaotian gathered to build houses for street residents in Zhugan Town to occupy their group's land For this reason, the villagers were gathered to obstruct the construction, and many times they threatened to forcibly demand the property of the builders. In the past five years, villagers have obstructed construction and demanded property in 10 cases, with 16 victims and 385,200 yuan worth of property involved.
On February 10, 2018, the Luoshan County Court, Procuratorate, Public Security Bureau, and Judicial Bureau jointly issued a notice to launch a special campaign to "sweep gangs and eliminate evil", listing 10 types of illegal crimes of the nature of gangs and evil forces. criminal activity. Three days after the announcement was issued, Zhang Chuanli, Min Mingrong, Zhang Chuanxiu, and Huang Congxiu were criminally detained by the Luoshan County Public Security Bureau. Yu Xiaotian was released on bail pending trial due to illness.
According to news released by the Luoshan County Procuratorate, after the case was transferred to the Luoshan County Procuratorate for review and arrest, the court quickly approved the arrest of Min Mingrong, the leader of the criminal gang involved in the case, on March 9, 2018. After all four suspects came to court, the court did not dwell on the minutiae and made a strict decision to approve the arrest in accordance with the law on March 19, 2018.
On August 17, the People's Court of Luoshan County, Henan Province made a judgment on the case and sentenced the above five people to 6 to 8 years in prison for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and fined them from 5,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan. Yuan does not vary. The court pointed out that for five years from 2012 to 2016, the five people repeatedly forcibly demanded property from others, oppressed people, and seriously disrupted social order, forming a vicious gang with Zhang Chuanli as the leader and Min Mingrong and Zhang Chuanxiu as the backbone members. powerful criminal group.
After the court pronounced its verdict, the five defendants appealed in court.
As for the "evil criminal group" sentenced by the court, Zhang Chuanli's son Zhang Yougui told the "Daily News" reporter that he admitted that his father had done something wrong, but he could not accept the crime. After consulting a lawyer, this is not a crime. Moreover, his father did not take all the money he asked for, but shared it with the whole village.
According to reports, Yu Xiaotian, who was released on bail pending trial due to illness, said that the five people did not own everything. The land where the builders built their houses previously belonged to the collective land of the Guowan Production Brigade. It was occupied by bureaus and supply and marketing cooperatives, and later sold to employees of these units or private individuals. "When the villagers from the former production brigade saw them building houses, they organized themselves and hoped to receive appropriate compensation." As for the court’s finding that the actions of the five people caused the victim to lose 385,200 yuan, Yu Xiaotian said that only 22,800 yuan of the money was shared among them privately, and most of the money was handed over by the village cadres to the villagers of the group or to the people who went to the site to stop the work. people.