On April 7, a reporter from Xiaoxiang Morning News learned from her family that Cai Mouling's abduction case will be tried in the Longgang District People's Court in Shenzhen on April 11.
Cai Mouling, who was born in 2004, was abducted by a middle-aged woman in Longdong Donglian Shopping Mall in Longgang District a few days after her birthday in 2008. After 15 years, he returned to his biological parents' home in late March 2023.
Xiaoxiang Morning News previously reported that after the woman Zhang abducted Cai Mouling, she did not resell her, but sent her back to her hometown as a left-behind child. Cai's father said that in March 2023, Zhang's son took the initiative to call, "He (Zhang's son) said that your daughter is really my sister! According to the clues, the police quickly found Cai Mouling's location in Guang'an, Sichuan, and took Cai Mouling and Zhang back to Shenzhen.
△ Cai's father printed the first notice of looking for a daughter.
Since then, Zhang's son has contacted Cai Mouling many times, hoping that she can issue a letter of understanding on the "grace of parenting", so that Zhang does not have to enjoy the disaster of prison. Cai Mouling signed softly at first, and later realized that Zhang's behavior was a real crime, and wrote a statement of information and submitted it to the court in August 2023, denying the previously signed letter of understanding, hoping that the court would "deal with the punishment normally in accordance with legal procedures". As a result, the hearing, scheduled for 25 September, has been postponed, and the judge will talk to him about the conflict between the letter of understanding at the end of March and the briefing.
Cai's father also mentioned to a reporter from Xiaoxiang Morning News that although Zhang was a "human trafficker", she did not commit the crime of abducting and selling children, but "abduction". The maximum sentence for the crime of abduction is not more than five years. In addition, considering that Cai Mouling said that the "family" where she had lived for more than ten years was "extremely patriarchal" and "always denied her", Cai's father wanted to put forward Zhang's suspected crime of abuse.
△ On the first Father's Day after returning home, Cai Mouling gave Cai's father a greeting card.
On April 7, Cai's father told a reporter from the Xiaoxiang Morning News that on the notice of appearance he and his lawyer received, Zhang was suspected of "child abduction".
In addition, the indictment issued by the procuratorate mentioned that Zhang had voluntarily surrendered and could be given a lighter punishment. "The indictment was received earlier, and my brother didn't dare to let me read it. Cai's father told reporters that according to the current situation, the court will be held at that time, and the other party will be considered to be held accountable mainly from the civil aspect.
Source | Xiaoxiang Morning News
Reporter | Sachiko Wu Chen