Kaohsiung High Court changes the sentence of moneylender Wang Fufeng in the kidnapping and ransom case

Due to a lack of funds, moneylender Wang Fufeng was suspected of setting up a trap to defraud the son of a fellow lender, and conspired with the debtor Jiang Zhongying (who is wanted) to kidnap and ransom a family of three victims surnamed Lin, and demanded a ransom of 11.4 million yuan. The Kaohsiung Higher Branch Court revoked the original verdict and sentenced Wang Fufeng to 10 years and February, his accomplices E Weijie to 9 years and June, and Zhou Guanyi to 10 years and February.

The verdict pointed out that Wang Fufeng hit it off with Jiang Zhongying, who owed him 9.9 million because of his debt. Wang was responsible for inquiring about the cash flow and daily schedule of the victim named Lin, while Jiang Nan was responsible for recruiting friends surnamed Zhou and E to join the operation. On May 24 last year, Wang Nan first lured Lin Nan's son to him on the pretext of buying high-quality goods. He subdued him with electric shocks, blindfolded his eyes, put handcuffs and shackles on him, and even forcibly removed the Rolex watch (worth 250,000 yuan) from his wrist. Finally, he put the son into a large orange plastic bucket and took him to prison.

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Wang Nan and others used Lin Nan's son's mobile phone to fake his identity and lure his mother out. They also sealed her mouth with tape, bound her limbs, and extorted a ransom of 100 million yuan. Because Lin's wife said she could only pay 3 million, Mr. Wang actually choked out: "Rather than taking 3 million, I'd rather bury you all!" Finally, he lured Mr. Lin out.

Wang Nan then used Lin's wife's mobile phone to defraud the "loan tycoon" named Lin. All three members of the family were kidnapped within 24 hours. The Lin family's treasury was in the hands of Lin Nan. The kidnappers first held Lin Nan to collect the 6.1 million yuan in arrears. , and returned home to take 5.3 million yuan in cash from the safe. After raising 11.4 million yuan in cash, the family of three was released safely and called the police. Jiang Zhongying also fled Vietnam after the incident and has not returned since. He was wanted.

The prosecutors followed the lead and arrested three people named Wang Fufeng. After the trial, the judge of the Kaohsiung High Court held that although Wang Fufeng did not personally carry out the rape, coercion and ransom, he provided key information and deceived the victim during the planning stage, and was an important accomplice. However, the original trial found that he was "almost the mastermind" and sentenced him to 12 Because the age was too serious, the sentence was revoked and commuted to February 10. For E Weijie's part, the judge found that he had not participated in robbing the victim's Rolex watch, so he was sentenced to 9 years and June for kidnapping for ransom. Zhou Guan was also sentenced to 10 years and February for committing the felony of robbery, kidnapping, and ransom. The entire case can still be appealed.