Lu Xiujie ran for Yilan County Councilor election in 2022, but was taken away by gangsters before the election. (File photo)
When non-party member Lu Xiujie was running for Yilan County Council in 2022, he was arrested by the police during a gang raid. He was also involved in a case of violating the Guns, Ammunition and Knife Control Regulations. The Yilan District Court recently concluded a case and sentenced him to five years and eight months in prison and a fine of 50,000 yuan. His accomplice Huang Hongqi was dissatisfied with the fact that the man surnamed Wang who was looking at the car for the buyer could not pay for it. Together with Jiang, Yang, Dong, Shi and other four men, they beat Mr. Wang and even put him in a dog cage. The Yilan District Court sentenced Mr. Huang to 7 years and June, Jiang and Yang each to 7 years and April, and Mr. Dong and Nan each to 7 years and February for robbery. After the case was appealed, the High Court rejected Lu Xiujie's appeal today. The remaining defendants received the longest term of 7 years in June and the least term of 3 years in October.
Due to an investment dispute, Lu Xiujie, together with Huang Hongqi and others, extorted money from others in March 2022. During this period, someone showed a gun and threatened him. The police launched a search in November of the same year. In August last year, Yiyuan sentenced Lu Nan to one year and April for violating the drug harm prevention regulations and threatening to take money, while Huang Nan was sentenced to eight months for threatening to take money.
During the search, the police seized 2 non-standard pistols, 5 standard bullets and 49 non-standard bullets from Lu Nan's rental house. They were also investigated on gun charges and tried together with the dog cage case involving Huang Nan.
Lu Nan argued that the rented place was only for storing debris and was used by employees, who also held keys, and that the gun and ammunition were not owned by him. However, the judge believed that Lu Nan’s previous confessions were very different and inconsistent with the witness testimony. He found that only Lu Nan could actually use the rented house freely. His argument was not credible, and he was sentenced to five years and August.
As for the dog cage case involving Huang Hongqi, it occurred in January 2022. Entrusted by a man nicknamed "You Da", Wang Nan went to Yilan City to try out the car with Huang Nan. However, because he could not contact the buyer, Huang Nan asked him to pay 200,000 yuan for the car. Wang Nan was unable to pay, so Huang Nan angrily said, "If you can't contact the buyer again, I will cut off one of your hands."
Mr. Wang was forced to sign two cashier's checks worth 500,000 yuan each. He was then taken to the Xinfeng Falls parking lot in Toucheng Town and put into a dog cage placed in a public toilet. Jiang Nan continued to threaten Wang Nan to borrow money, forcing him to borrow 20,000 yuan from a friend and obtain the money through an ATM card, but he has not yet been released. Until the 30th of the same month, Wang Nan took the opportunity to open the dog cage and escape, walked to a nearby supermarket to ask for help, took a taxi back to Taoyuan and called the police.
Huang Nan and others denied committing the crime of robbery, but the court found that the evidence was clear and based on the crime of banditry with three or more people and armed with weapons, the court of first instance sentenced Huang Nan to 7 years and 6 months; Jiang Nan and Yang Nan were each sentenced to 7 years and April, and Dong Nan and Shi Nan were each sentenced to 7 years and February.
After the case was appealed, the High Court rejected Lu Xiujie's appeal today. The remaining defendants received the longest term of 7 years in June and the least term of 3 years in October.
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