On October 30, according to CCTV News: CCTV reporters have just learned that the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court issued a second-instance verdict on the child abduction and trafficking case of Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia, rejected the appeal, and upheld the original verdict.

On October 30, according to CCTV News: CCTV reporters have just learned that the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court made a second-instance verdict on the child abduction and trafficking case of Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia, rejected the appeal, and upheld the original verdict.

In the previous first-instance judgment of the Intermediate People's Court of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, the defendant Hufuji was convicted of child trafficking and sentenced to death with a two-year suspended sentence., deprived of political rights for life, and all personal property was confiscated. The defendant Hufuji restrictions reduce the sentence of .

Defendant Tang Lixia was convicted of child abduction and trafficking and was sentenced to life imprisonment , deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property.

Event Review

On September 21, 1997, Guo Gangtang’s two and a half year old son was abducted. Subsequently, Guo Gangtang embarked on a 24-year journey to find his son, riding a motorcycle throughout most of China.

In 2015, the movie "Lost Orphan" was released. The story of the movie protagonist's search for his son, based on Guo Gangtang, aroused widespread social attention.

In 2021, the Ministry of Public Security launched the "Reunion" operation with the main content of combating abduction and finding relatives, and listed the "Guo Xinzhen abduction case" as a listed case for supervision.

In June of the same year, the Ministry of Public Security organized experts and used the latest comparison and search methods to successfully find Guo Xinzhen. The family, which had been orphaned for 24 years, was finally reunited.

A month later, two suspects, Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia, who were suspected of abducting Guo Xinzhen, were captured by the police.

On July 7, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province opened a hearing on the child abduction and trafficking case of Hu Fuji and Tang Lixia.

On December 27, 2023, the Liaocheng Intermediate People's Court made a first-instance judgment on the case: the defendant Hufuji was sentenced to death with a two-year suspended sentence for child abduction and trafficking; the defendant Tang Lixia was sentenced to life imprisonment for child abduction and trafficking. Both defendants appealed.

On August 22, 2024, the Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court held the second instance of the case.

On October 30, 2024, the Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court will hold a second instance of the second instance hearing on this case.

[Source: CCTV News]

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