The Case of Huang Yongzhu's Unlawful Detainment@#
BASIC FACTS@#
Public prosecutor: The People's Procuratorate of Zhengdong District, Haikou City, Hainan Province@#
The accused: Huang Yongzhu, male, 28 years old, from Kaijiang County of Sichuan Province, a peasant, was arrested on May 16, 2000 because of being involved in a crime of kidnapping.@#
Defender: Zhang Xiaodong, lawyer from the Foreign Economic Law Firm of Hainan Province@#
The People's Procuratorate of Zhengdong District of Haikou City, Hainan Province instituted a public prosecution at the People's Court of Zhengdong District, Haikou City, Hainan Province, charging against Huang Yongzhu with the crime of kidnapping.@#
In the bill of prosecution it was charged that the defendant Huang Yongzhu, in collusion with Wang Fei, Chen Bo, Huang Jian, Su Rong, Zhang Jun, Tang Bo, Jiang Bo et al., held Zou Hongxing (who was engaged in illegal pyramid selling) under duress, and then phoned Zou's wife extorting 60,000 yuan. As soon as the policemen received the report of this case, they hurried to the venue and rescued Zou from danger. On the second day they captured Huang Yongzhu. Huang Yongzhu's act violated Article 239 (1) of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, and constituted a crime of kidnap, thus the prosecutors pleaded the court to punish him according to law.@#
At court, the public prosecutor read the reporting materials of this case submitted by the family members of the victim, the public security's testimonial about cracking the criminal case and about how they captured Huang Yongzhu, testimonies of witnesses Zou Weihong, Li Yunsheng, Jiang Yin'e, Jiang Yue'e, et al., and showed photographs of the scene of the crime, photographs of kitchen knives - the tools for committing the crime, notes about picking up these tools, and a photograph of the victim's wound.@#
Defendant Huang Yongzhu raised no opposition to the charged facts in the bill of prosecution, but he argued that it was to demand Zou's wife to pay back the money for pyramid selling that they detained Zou Hongxing, rather than kidnapped him. The defender of Huang Yongzhu claimed that, no matter from the subjective aspect or from the objective aspect of the defendant, Huang's act merely constituted a crime of unlawful detainment, and moreover, because he was an accessory in this joint crime and he had confessed his crime, thus he should be given a lesser punishment.@#
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公诉机关：海南省海口市振东区人民检察院。@#
被告人：黄永柱，男，２８岁，四川省开江县人，农民，因涉嫌绑架于２０００年５月１６日被逮捕。@#
辩护人：张晓东，海南省对外经济律师事务所律师。@#
被告人黄永柱绑架一案，由海南省海口市振东区人民检察院向海口市振东区人民法院提起公诉。@#
起诉书指控：被告人黄永柱伙同王飞、陈博、黄建、苏荣、张军、唐波、姜波等人，将搞非法传销活动的邹红星挟持并控制起来，给邹红星之妻打电话索要赎金６万元。公安人员接到报案后赶到现场救出邹红星，次日抓获黄永柱。黄永柱的行为触犯《中华人民共和国刑法》第二百三十九条第一款的规定，构成绑架罪，请依法判处。@#
公诉机关当庭宣读了被害人家属的报案材料，公安机关关于破案和抓获黄永柱经过的证明，被害人陈述，证人邹卫红、李运生、蒋银娥、蒋月娥的证言，出示了作案现场照片，作案工具菜刀的照片和提取笔录，被害人伤情照片等证据。@#
被告人黄永柱对起诉书指控的事实无异议，但辩称是为向邹红星之妻索要传销款才扣押邹红星，并非绑架。黄永柱的辩护人提出，无论从主观还是从客观方面看，黄永柱的行为只构成非法拘禁罪，且其在共同犯罪中是从犯，坦白认罪，应当从轻处罚。@#
海口市振东区人民法院经审理查明：@#
２０００年１月３１日，被告人黄永柱在向上线蒋月娥交纳３９００元后，加入了以“加盟连锁”、“网络营销”为名的非法传销组织，取得业务员资格，与其他加入传销组织的人员聚集在海口市白沙门中村一带接受传销培训。同年４月２日晚，黄永柱与其他传销人员参加“成功人士分享会”听课时，传销人员黄建、王飞、陈博突然走进会场，称传销是一场骗局，若想回家就去找上线把本钱拿回来。当晚８时许，黄永柱与携带凶器的陈博、黄建、王飞、苏荣、张军、唐波（均在逃）等人一起到海甸岛海景花园Ｇ栋３０４房，向传销人员邹红星（系蒋月娥的堂妹蒋银娥之夫）索要６万元，并带邹红星离开海景花园，邹红星叫朋友李运生跟随。在海景花园围墙外的草地，邹红星被迫给其妻蒋银娥打电话，要蒋立即筹集６万元现金来赎人。随后，黄永柱和陈博等６人押着邹红星、李运生往北国城方向走。途中，张军离去，另一传销人员姜波（在逃）又赶来一起挟持邹红星。一行人边走边与蒋银娥电话联系交钱的地点，商定在和平大道最北端的草地处交钱放人。黄永柱和陈博等６人将邹红星、李运生押到商定的地点，让李运生去找蒋银娥取钱，不见李返回。当他们一边看押着邹红星，一边继续用手机与蒋银娥交涉时，发现公安人员赶来，于是四散逃跑。被害人邹红星也乘乱跑开，黑暗中背部被人用菜刀砍破，致轻伤。公安人员解救了邹红星后，于次日在黄永柱的租住处将其抓获。@#
另查明，被告人黄永柱及在逃的陈博、黄建、王飞、苏荣、唐波、姜波等人，均是蒋月娥从事非法传销发展的下线人员，蒋月娥的上线是其堂妹蒋银娥。@#
以上事实，有报案材料、被害人陈述、证人邹卫红、李运生、蒋银娥、蒋月娥等人的证言以及现场照片、作案工具菜刀的照片和被害人伤情照片等证实。以上证据经庭审质证，可以作为认定本案事实的根据。@#
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海口市振东区人民法院认为：@#
刑法第十三条规定：“一切危害国家主权、领土完整和安全，分裂国家、颠覆人民民主专政的政权和推翻社会主义制度，破坏社会秩序和经济秩序，侵犯国有财产或者劳动群众集体所有的财产，侵犯公民私人所有的财产，侵犯公民的人身权利、民主权利和其他权利，以及其他危害社会的行为，依照法律应当受刑罚处罚的，都是犯罪，但是情节显著轻微危害不大的，不认为是犯罪。”身体自由权、健康权是公民人格权的重要组成部分。被告人黄永柱与携带凶器的陈博等人一起挟持并控制邹红星，当阴谋败露时这伙人又将邹红星砍成轻伤，严重侵害了邹红星的人身权利，依法应当受刑罚处罚。对黄永柱等人的行为是一起共同犯罪，不存在异议。由于同案人均在逃，没有证据证实砍伤邹红星是黄永柱所为，黄永柱不应当对砍伤邹红星承担责任，这一点也不存在异议。控辩双方争论的焦点是，黄永柱的行为究竟构成刑法
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