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In 1983, New China was in a period of severe crackdown, and the punishment of criminals was very severe.
Some theft with unclean hands and feet, once caught, basically have to eat 7 or 8 years of prison.
The basics of fighting are life imprisonment, and if the circumstances are serious and cause injury to death, it is that the death penalty has not run.
If it is rape, it is basically a death sentence and it is carried out immediately.
There is also a crime, which everyone may not have heard of, called hooliganism.
It is normal not to hear of it, because this crime was abolished as early as 1997 when the criminal law was revised.
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This crime of hooliganism and rape belong to a hierarchy, both are more serious crimes, and are classified into the ranks of the state's severe crackdown on important crimes.
It was also thanks to the country's crackdown on criminal acts, which led to a significant decline in the crime rate in society at that time.
There is a person who wants to touch the red line of the law, fight, set up gangs to disturb social order, and was sentenced to a suspended death sentence for robbing people's hats.
Surprisingly, this person married and had children while serving his sentence.
He is the protagonist of this issue, the last rogue criminal in New China - Niu Yuqiang.
Hutong "overlord" Niu Yuqiang
Niu Yuqiang was born in 1965 and grew up in a beijing hutong with a family president whose parents were employees of state-owned enterprises.
The family conditions are not very rich and expensive, at least it is also a worry-free food and clothing, Niu Yuqiang's childhood, happy and wanton.
There was a group of friends like him in the family compound, and their parents were employees of state-owned enterprises, and they had no time to manage their children.
So the "wild" children who lack parental discipline come back from class to recruit cats and dogs, go up trees to pick up bird eggs, and go down to the river to touch fish, just like a group of chaotic little overlords.
They would exchange uncle's liquor for white vinegar, sometimes pee on the big mother's cooking wood, sometimes peek at the love letters of the neighbor's big sister and read them to everyone...
Although it is a small prank, but the number of times is too much, the neighbors inevitably complain.
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When I was a child, the pranks could be laughed off as a joke, but as Niu Yuqiang and his gang grew up, the nature of things became less simple.
After growing up, Niu Yuqiang and the friends in the family courtyard more or less carried a bit of rogue breath on them, and they fought and fought at both ends for three days.
Niu Yuqiang, who was young and energetic and had nothing to do, organized a gang called the kitchen knife team with a few good brothers.
This gang basically fights and fights every day, picks quarrels and provokes trouble, and uniformly wears a black mask.
Although there was no catastrophe, they would fight with others at both ends in three days, and even sometimes developed into group fights.
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Once, Niu Yuqiang's good brothers and girlfriends were dating at a barbecue stall, and after drinking a little wine, they began to talk about the mountain.
Braging about how bullish their kitchen knife team is, the police don't dare to mess with them.
This was heard by a table next to him who was also eating barbecue, and immediately laughed at his unashamed remarks.
"You can really blow it, which onion is your kitchen knife team, and the police don't dare to mess with it, why haven't we even heard of your name?"
A man at the next table taunted.
The people next to them all laughed loudly, and Niu Yuqiang's brothers couldn't help but hang on to their faces, and immediately greeted the whole family of the man who spoke.
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The opposite side was obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the people at the table all stood up, ready to teach each other a lesson.
Seeing that the two sides were getting closer and closer, Niu Yuqiang's brothers' girlfriend hid behind her boyfriend in fear.
The protection and vanity of this man completely came up, only to see him pick up a wine bottle and smash it on the head of the man opposite.
The other party did not react at once, and all stayed where they were.
Two or three seconds later, someone suddenly shouted, "Kill him!" ”
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This scene was completely out of control, the opposite side picked up the bench and smashed, Niu Yuqiang's brothers immediately opened the scoop on their heads.
Blood flowed from the top of his head, covering most of his face, causing onlookers to scream.
Niu Yuqiang's brother's girlfriend saw that her boyfriend was behind, and quickly called Niu Yuqiang and the kitchen knife team.
When Niu Yuqiang and the others arrived, the two groups of people and horses quickly wrestled together.
During this period, Niu Yuqiang also let out harsh words: "Dare to beat my brother!" Give me a beating to death! ”
The two gangs fought so fiercely that no one dared to go up and fight until the police came to end the farce.
The impact of this group beating on local public security was extremely bad, so Niu Yuqiang and others were immediately arrested.
However, what made Niu Yuqiang sentenced to death was not this matter.
After the last farce, Niu Yuqiang and others not only did not restrain themselves, but their behavior became more and more bold, and they actually dared to block the road and rob it.
Once, the kitchen knife team was wandering on the road, and when they saw a passerby's hat and thought it looked good, they went to stop the passerby.
Niu Yuqiang took off the passerby's hat and put it on his head.
Passers-by just wanted to go forward to theorize, but they were caught by the two younger brothers of the kitchen knife team and could not move.
The passerby saw that they had deceived people too much, and they could not bear their humiliation, so they broke out and cursed.
"You tumors and scum of society should have all of you arrested, put you in prison, and shot them all..."
Fight crime
As soon as the words fell, I saw Niu Yuqiang kick the passerby's stomach, and immediately kicked the person to the ground.
"I see that your hat is beautiful and wants to borrow it for a few days, what's wrong with you talking like this, don't blame the brother for not giving you face, a few buddies can't cure you?"
Passers-by listened, spit on the ground, and looked at Niu Yuqiang with disdain.
Before Niu Yuqiang could have a seizure, the leader of the kitchen knife team kicked the man on the head, and then made up a few kicks, directly knocking the person unconscious.
At this time, the kitchen knife team realized the seriousness of the problem, and some passers-by saw this scene and called the police.
Fight crime
When the police arrived, they immediately took the person to the hospital and took the kitchen knife team back to the police station for detention and interrogation.
Several timid kitchen knife team members honestly confessed to their crimes, and Niu Yuqiang also confessed to his crimes.
This time, Niu Yuqiang and several leaders of the kitchen knife team did not have the good fortune of the last time, and were directly sentenced to hooligans for the crimes of road blocking and robbery, malicious injury and other crimes.
Convicted of hooliganism
After the court trial, the leader of the kitchen knife team was sentenced to death and executed immediately after shooting, while Niu Yuqiang was sentenced to a 2-year suspension of execution because he was not the main offender.
In 1983, Niu Yuqiang was sentenced to serve his sentence at Shihezi Prison in Xinjiang.
Old photo of Shihezi
According to Niu Yuqiang's recollection, he had never seen such a big wind and sand in Shihezi Prison, the wind swept away with the sand, desolate and people could not see hope.
The temperature difference between day and night in Xinjiang is large, and the cold wind at night can blow a mark on people's faces.
Because he was a death row prisoner himself, Niu Yuqiang simply broke the can and broke it, so he waited for death in prison.
Until the letter from his father, Niu Yuqiang had the idea of living.
"Son, the Son is not the fault of the Father, but we have harmed you to become what you are now." If I can start again, I really hope to stop you when you are wrong step by step, and blame me and your mother for usually only caring about work. We just want to give you a better life, a better life, but we didn't expect that we personally sent you to prison and ruined your life. Son, no matter where you are or how you become, you are a good son of your parents, and your parents still love you. ”
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Niu Yuqiang read the letter with tears in his eyes, and in order not to disappoint his family, he began an active transformation.
Niu Yuqiang changed his previous lazy, free and loose personality, he always got up early, folded his quilt and cleaned up the bed, waiting for the instructor to come and take them to work.
When I read a book at night, I went to bed early, and I have always done my duty in prison, abided by the rules and regulations, and never caused trouble.
The routine of life and rest is regular, and people are naturally spiritual, so Niu Yuqiang put all his energy into labor and worked harder than before.
The instructor in charge of him spoke highly of him: "He can always be seen at a glance in a group of people, because he is always buried in hard work, not lazy at all, always the most industrious." ”
Because of Niu Yuqiang's excellent performance in Shihezi Prison, in 1986, he was commuted to life imprisonment.
When he got the news, he immediately wrote happily to his family to tell his father the good news.
In the days that followed, he worked harder to reinvent himself.
Three years later, he was again commuted, and was eventually commuted to 18 years in prison.
However, his long work also left hidden dangers for his body.
The already harsh conditions in Shihezi Prison, coupled with Niu Yuqiang's high labor intensity, led to his suffering from hollow tuberculosis.
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Married and had children while serving his sentence
In view of Niu Yuqiang's good performance in all aspects, the instructors also had a very high evaluation.
So in 1990, Niu Yuqiang was granted medical parole under the sponsorship of his father.
It had been seven years since he had been imprisoned, and after seven years, he had finally returned to Beijing.
Due to the severe hollowing of his lungs, although the treatment of Beijing Hospital has improved significantly, it will take a while to completely control it.
Seeing that the time limit for medical parole is approaching, the road back to Xinjiang is far away, and if you leave to go back at this time, it will not be a sudden attack halfway through.
If he can safely return to Xinjiang, the medical level and facilities in the prison will not guarantee Niu Yuqiang's recovery.
So Niu's father again applied for an extension of the medical parole, and after the assessment of the prison escort and doctors, Niu Yuqiang's medical parole was extended by one year.
In this way, Niu Yuqiang stayed outside for another year, and his condition was significantly controlled.
After basically recovering, the time for medical parole was almost over, and just when Niu Yuqiang began to pack up his things and say goodbye to his family, he did not receive a return notice from the prison side.
Niu Yuqiang, who felt strange, frequently went to the local police station to inquire about the prison news, but there was no gain.
As Niu Yuqiang stayed at home longer and longer, his parents and neighbors gradually forgot that he was still serving a prisoner.
Niu Yuqiang's transformation in the prison was very successful, the whole person and the temperament, there is no rogue atmosphere of the past.
The neighbors were impressed by him, and some people even came to the door to talk about the media.
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In 1997, Niu Yuqiang's neighbor introduced Niu Yuqiang to a blind date.
After listening to the neighbor's introduction, the father and mother of the cow felt that the other party's conditions were good in all aspects, so they persuaded the two to meet.
Niu Yuqiang refused at first, after all, others forgot, can he still forget?
"Mom, I'm a prisoner of labor, what kind of relatives, what kind of marriage, isn't this delaying other people's girls?"
"Aren't you at home, you're not too old, if you're in Xinjiang, there's no way, you say you're a big living person at home, how can people not worry about marriage?"
Unable to resist the temper of the cow mother, Niu Yuqiang had no choice but to allow the cow mother to meet the girl.
It doesn't matter, the two people who met each other knew that they had many of the same interests.
Niu Yuqiang with his wife
The two young men chatted very speculatively and immediately fell in love.
Niu Yuqiang explained his situation to the woman's parents, but he did not expect that the other party did not object, so the two held a wedding not long after.
Unable to wait for the recall order from Shihezi Prison, Niu Yuqiang waited while going to the local police station every month to make ideological reports as when he was on medical parole.
By the way, I asked if there was any news from Shihezi Prison, but the result was the same.
After another year, Niu Yuqiang's child was born, and the family of three lived a happy little life with harmony and beauty.
The neighbors around them all said that the two little ones were very affectionate, and no one regarded Niu Yuqiang as a "hooligan" anymore, and everyone thought that he would never have to go back to prison again.
Niu Yuqiang
Long wait
But happiness is always short-lived, unexpectedly, in 2004, two prison guards from Shihezi Prison suddenly found Niu Yuqiang and prepared to take Niu Yuqiang back to the prison to continue serving his sentence.
They said the prison had written to Mr. Niu on several occasions asking him to return to prison and had posted an online arrest warrant in 1999 and 2000.
Unfortunately, Niu Yuqiang had never received any news.
He went to the police station every month to make an ideological report, and it was reasonable to say that he would receive the news as soon as possible.
Later, after investigation, it was the local film police who were negligent and had not noticed the news of Shihezi Prison.
So in a strict sense, Niu Yuqiang is now living outside as a fugitive, and what awaits him will be the punishment of extending his sentence.
Niu Yuqiang and his family
In order to grasp Niu Yuqiang's behavior in recent years, Shihezi prison guards visited and investigated several niu Yuqiang's neighbors and police officers at the local police station.
Ask Niu Yuqiang how he is usually, whether there are violent fights, threats and intimidation and other behaviors.
What the prison guards did not expect was that Niu Yuqiang's transformation was very successful and thorough.
In the mouths of the neighbors, Niu Yuqiang seemed to have changed as a person before going to prison, and the neighbors were full of praise for him.
He was also particularly enthusiastic and took the initiative to help the neighbors and the elderly repair electrical appliances and move things.
Once, the radio of Aunt Wang next door was broken, and she was about to take it to repair, when she was seen by Niu Yuqiang while walking on the road.
"Aunt Wang, let me try it, and don't charge you money."
Later, he really let him fix it, and the sound quality was better than before, and Aunt Wang praised niu Yuqiang when she saw people for this.
Another time, Brother Li, who lived in front of his house, bought a new set of furniture and was unloading it under the car, and Niu Yuqiang rushed forward to help move everything.
Not only the neighbors, but also the local film police have a very high evaluation of Niu Yuqiang.
The film police said that although Niu Yuqiang did not return to prison, he came to make an ideological report every month and was never absent.
But even so, the prison guards could not break the law, or had to bring Niu Yuqiang back, but could give him a day to say goodbye to his family.
When he got this news, the person who couldn't stand it more than Niu Yuqiang was his wife Zhu Baoxia.
As soon as he heard that the prison guards were going to take her husband back to Xinjiang, Zhu Baoxia immediately sat paralyzed on the ground.
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Niu Yuqiang, as the only adult man in the family, is the main source of economic income for the family.
In addition, the child has gradually grown to the age of going to school, the cost is not to mention, and the child is also the time when he needs to be taught by his father.
The prison guard reassured that he would be able to come out in 2008, and in less than four years, Zhu Baoxia would insist on insisting on it.
Zhu Baoxia was no longer willing or able to violate national laws, and half a year after Niu Yuqiang returned to prison, bad news came to Zhu Baoxia again: Niu Yuqiang's sentence was extended to February 2020.
Zhu Baoxia continued to appeal and adduce evidence, demanding that the extension of the sentence be revoked, but the court still insisted on the decision to extend the sentence on the grounds that Niu Yuqiang had been on medical parole and had not returned.
As a result, Niu Yuqiang became the only and last "hooligan criminal" in the mainland prison.
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In desperation, Zhu Baoxia published a news to expose this matter to the society, which caused extensive discussion among people from all walks of life, and for a while there were different opinions.
Some say that hooliganism was abolished as early as 1997 and that the sentence should not be extended for a cancelled crime.
It is also said that Niu Yuqiang's sentence should be appropriately reduced in view of his good performance during his sentence.
The public opinion of that era was not like today, and it had almost no impact on the verdict, but the court still insisted on the original judgment.
Up to now, Niu Yuqiang has been out of prison for more than two years, and he can finally be reunited with his family.
He had made mistakes because of his youthfulness that had left him in the desolate prison of Shihezi for nearly 20 years.
He must also have a lot of regrets in his heart, hoping that now he can live a good life and become a man again.
Niu Yuqiang's story also warns the world: don't do a tumor that harms society, otherwise you will inevitably be brought to justice!