It was the first case of cross-strait criminal cooperation Zhang Zhen was acquitted and compensated for overturning the case in Taiwan

According to Taiwan's Ettoday News Cloud, Taiwanese man Zhang Zhen and another man surnamed Yang went to the mainland without permission to conspire to buy and sell pistols to earn huge profits in 1988. After the crime was exposed, Zhang Zhen was escorted back to Taiwan in 1992, becoming the first case in which the two sides of the strait worked together to escort criminals back from the other side of the strait, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

According to reports, Zhang Zhen was sued in 1988 for going to the other side (referring to the mainland) to sell 15 Black Star pistols and 240 bullets to another man, Yang Yubin, although he firmly denied any crime of selling guns and ammunition during the trial, he was still sentenced to 10 years in prison for violating the regulations on the control of guns, artillery, medicine, and knife weapons after the court trial. After Zhang Zhen was released from prison, he first called for a retrial in September 2016, and after many requests, he was finally approved. After examining all the evidence, Taiwan's "High Court" changed the verdict to determine his innocence. He also filed a criminal compensation lawsuit, asking for compensation at the standard of 5,000 yuan a day, he said, "it took about 10 years to get up, and in the first year or even 1 day, he ate only one bento."

The court said that during Zhang Zhen's imprisonment and serving his sentence, not only did he cause a serious blow to his body and mind, but also had a great impact on his reputation and credit, and that he was in his prime of age at the age of 42 at the time, but he squatted in a bitter prison for 6 and a half years because of the case, and his family was also hit hard, and it was difficult to find a job to start a career after he was released from prison. After examining the relevant evidence, the Supreme People's Court judged that the number of days he was imprisoned and served his sentence was 2324 days, and ordered him to pay compensation at 3500 yuan per day, and allowed zhang Zhen to be compensated for a total of 8.134 million yuan. (End)