CCTV News, Beijing, August 23 (Reporter Sun Ying) According to the China Voice of China Radio and Television Station, yesterday (22nd) afternoon, the Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court held a public hearing in accordance with the law and heard the appellants Hu Fuji and Ta

CCTV News, Beijing, August 23 (Reporter Sun Ying) According to the China Voice of China Radio and Television Station, yesterday (22nd) afternoon, the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court held a public hearing in accordance with the law to hear the abduction and trafficking of the appellants Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia. Children's case. Many victims and their families, including Guo Gangtang, attended the court to participate in the proceedings.

In 1997, Guo Gangtang’s two-and-a-half-year-old son Guo Xinzhen was abducted by human traffickers. In the next 24 years, he traveled across most of China in search of his son. In the meantime, the movie "Lost Orphan" was released in 2015, and the story of the movie is based on the real case of Guo Gangtang's search for his son.

In 2021, during the "Reunion Operation" launched by the Ministry of Public Security, Guo Gangtang's son Guo Xinzhen, who had been abducted for 24 years, was finally found, and the criminal suspects Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia who abducted him back then were also arrested.

On December 27, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province sentenced the defendant Hufuji to death, with a two-year suspension of execution, and limited commutation of his sentence; the defendant Tang Lixia was sentenced to life imprisonment for child trafficking. After the first instance verdict was pronounced, the two appealed.

How did Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia commit crimes back then? Do you plead guilty to the charges? Guo Gangtang recalls the 24 years of searching for his son. What do you want to say now?

On August 22, 2024, the second instance of the child abduction and trafficking case of Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia in Shandong High Court

The presiding judge: The Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court is now in session. Please ask the judicial police on duty to bring Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia, the defendants in the original trial, into the court.

At two o'clock in the afternoon on August 22, 2024, the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court held a public hearing in accordance with the law on the child abduction and trafficking case of the appellants Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia. On December 27 last year, the Liaocheng Intermediate People's Court sentenced Hufuji to death for child trafficking, suspended for two years, deprived of political rights for life, confiscation of all personal property, and restricted commutation; Tang Lixia was sentenced to life imprisonment and deprived of political rights for child trafficking. Life, and all personal property shall be confiscated; at the same time, the two defendants were ordered to jointly compensate the plaintiff in the incidental civil lawsuit for material losses of more than RMB 500,000. Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia refused to accept the first-instance judgment and appealed to the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court. During the second instance, the Shandong Provincial People's Procuratorate sent personnel to appear in court, and many victims of the case, including Guo Gangtang, and their families attended the court.

Before the second trial, Guo Gangtang attended the court to observe

Before the second trial, Guo Gangtang called Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia, who had repeatedly trafficked children, "devils" in the world.

Guo Gangtang said: "He is a devil on earth. I believe that all people are like Lao Guo. He should be severely punished by the law."

During the first trial of this case, the prosecutor's office accused the defendants Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia Four children were abducted and trafficked, and Hufuji and others abducted and trafficked one child. Among the five trafficked children, except for one who was abducted and returned, the other four children all suffered from the pain of being separated from their original families for a long time.

Guo Gangtang rode a motorcycle across most of China to look for his son

In 1997, after Guo Gangtang's two and a half year old son was abducted by Tang Lixia at the door of his home, he rode a motorcycle and traveled across most of China to look for his son. During the first instance trial, as the plaintiff in a criminal incidental civil lawsuit, he had a conversation with the defendant Tang Lixia...

Guo Gangtang: Tang Lixia, do you know who I am? Do you know what I have suffered over the years?

Tang Lixia: I'm sorry for causing you trouble...

Guo Gangtang: Is this just a trouble? You are also a woman and you have children of your own.

The reason why Guo Gangtang asked this is because Tang Lixia was arrested on suspicion of abducting children in 1999. She was later released due to insufficient evidence. If she could have confessed the criminal facts of abducting and trafficking Guo Xinzhen at that time, Guo Gangtang would have been able to find her back more than 20 years earlier. The son of...

Screenshot of the first instance trial of this case

According to the prosecution's accusations, on September 21, 1997, Tang Lixia abducted Guo Xinzhen, who was two and a half years old at the time, met with Hufuji, and took the child to Henan together. Hujiayao Village, the hometown of Hufuji in Linzhou, was sold to Guo Mouji for 15,000 yuan. After Guo Mouji paid 2,000 yuan, the remaining 13,000 yuan has been in arrears. Four months later, the two wanted the child back and refunded 2,000 yuan.Later, it was sold to Chang for 6,000 yuan and settled in Linzhou, Henan.

Guo Gangtang said that during the second trial, Hu Fuji still claimed that only Guo Xinzhen’s abduction case was related to him.

"Hufuji admitted that he had something to do with stealing Guo Xinzhen, and the four children had nothing to do with him. Tang Lixia has been saying that Hufuji instigated her to do this, and threatened her physically, including that Hufuji had He chopped off one of his little fingers and used various excuses to try to get her to commit crimes. Hu Fuji said that Tang Lixia stole all the children and that only Guo Xinzhen participated in the sale. It's all a matter for Tang Lixia to resolve on her own. During the trial, they were biting each other."

According to the accusations made by the public prosecution, Hufuji had been sentenced to multiple crimes, including theft, extortion, and child trafficking. He was sentenced to a total of 10 years and 8 months in prison. Faced with the prosecution's accusations and the identification of multiple buyers and insiders presented by the prosecution, he always refused to plead guilty. During the second trial, he still denied his intention to commit the crime.

Guo Gangtang said: "He said that others framed him. Witnesses, including the buyer, all told about the children he gave him. He also said that they were framed."

Before the second trial, Guo Gangtang was interviewed by the media. They said they had new evidence of child trafficking in Hufuji and would submit it to the court.

Guo Gangtang said: "While listening, I also felt that I can no longer be impulsive this time. I should be more rational. Let's grab some detailed evidence, data, and case facts, and give them severe punishment and punishment through formal channels. Our evidence materials have also been collected. I believe that after a period of investigation of new things, we will be able to give us a fair and just statement. It will also be able to severely punish these two demons in the world, and it will also allow us to find The parents of the children can calm down a little from the bottom of their hearts. "

The second-instance judgment was scheduled to be announced.

After a three-and-a-half-hour hearing, the second-instance collegial panel announced the scheduled sentencing. As he walked out of the court, Guo Gangtang was once again surrounded by the media and many parents looking for their children. He once again called on more people to help those parents who were still looking for their children.

Guo Gangtang said: "Don't steal children for anything, and don't illegally buy or sell children with a sense of luck. Speaking from my own heart, for those of us parents who haven't found our children yet, what I want to say is that everyone should take care of themselves first. , keep going and take good care of your family. The era when Lao Guo rode a motorcycle has passed. Now there are more shortcut channels of communication, such as the 80,000 letters and mails I sent in the past few years when I was looking for children. It took me more than two months to go out. Now a video may be seen by hundreds of thousands of people in one day, and more channels have emerged, so I hope that we brothers and sisters can persist a little longer.”

( Source: CCTV)

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