On November 20, 2020, Chongqing private entrepreneur Li Huaqing (right) was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to 20 years in prison and had all his assets frozen by the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate Court.
Li Huaqing, a Chongqing private entrepreneur, is suspected of “inciting subversion of state power,” “fraud,” “extortion,” and “illegal detention. “Case sentencing. The Chongqing First Intermediate Court found him guilty and sentenced him to 20 years in prison, three years of deprivation of political rights and the freezing of all of his assets. Many people in the same case were sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. The case of Li Huaiqing draws attention to the plight of private entrepreneurs in China under the main theme of “cleaning up crime and eliminating evil.
The verdict comes nearly half a year after the trial of Li Huaqing ended. The Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate Court found him guilty of inciting subversion of state power, fraud, extortion and illegal detention, and sentenced him to 20 years in prison, three years of deprivation of political rights and the freezing of all his assets.
After hearing the sentence, Li Huaiqing’s wife Bao Yan was given a meeting with her husband.
She said: “He asked to meet with me in a place in the basement of the courthouse where I could meet with him. We just had a chat. My husband was very peaceful. He said that the charges against him, especially the incitement charge, were his honor. He also reassured me that I shouldn’t feel bad. He wouldn’t be out for long. The so-called charges of incitement to subversion are the private letters that WeChat forwarded to his son and the chats he had with his friends, just in private. We’re definitely going to appeal.
Eight of Li Huaqing’s employees were also sentenced to prison terms ranging from 4 years to 16 years.
Bao Yan said: “I named my husband as a “black power organization”. The employees were all recruited here. Some of the employees even left the company, so they were arrested and called a nefarious organization, because my husband is in the financial business. Isn’t this the last year of the “Anti-Mafia” campaign? This is the form of a harsh sentence for all of them.
In early 2018, Li Huaiqing, who is said to be a billionaire, was arrested by Chongqing police along with his wife, children, and a group of company employees after a long history of caring for and supporting the underprivileged and helping people suffering from pneumoconiosis. Li has since been accused of joining a WeChat group called Global Reality, spreading rumors, forwarding articles critical of the regime, and forwarding audio recordings that refer to a “violent revolution.
Bao Yan said that her husband had disclosed in court that he believed his arrest was related to a charity event organized by a foundation several years earlier in which participants spoke about corruption in individual public security departments and suggested that they talk to Xi Jinping about it.
Bao Yan said that the charity event was to discuss some corruption issues, but Sun Lijun, then vice minister of public security, knew about it. After that, Sun investigated all the members of the foundation. I guess those people had some background. My husband must be the most (no backers) in the foundation. He was arrested by the Chongqing Public Security Bureau Director Deng Huolin, who was arrested for his involvement in the mafia.
The attorney, Huang Li, expressed his frustration with the Chongqing court’s decision.
I’m completely speechless,” said Huang Li. I can only say that I can’t explain what the current law says about this thing. I can only say I’m speechless. I’m sure you know what I mean. I can’t comment on the matter.
A legal source who has been following the case of Li Huaqing, requesting anonymity, believes that the private entrepreneur’s harsh sentence is related to the theme of “fighting crime and eliminating evil” in recent years.
The campaign has been going on for three years,” the legal source said. This year is the so-called closing year. The crackdown on entrepreneurs is very horrible, because this so-called “anti-mafia” campaign should be fast, heavy sentences, and severe sentences, many of which are unjust cases. Of course, some may be in the gray area, in the gray area of some of the things that put him on the program. The company has been in the process of developing the new product for the past two years.
Li Huaqing is currently detained in Chongqing Jiangbei District Detention Center. It is understood that since his detention, the authorities have never issued an arrest notice to his lawyer or family.
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