The Xuzhou 8-Child Case confirmed that the mother of the 8 children was abducted and trafficked, and the father of the 8 children, Dong Zhimin, and other 3 people were detained.Figure: flipping Weibo
A video of a mother with eight children in Dongjia Village, Huankou Town, Fengxian County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, was exposed. The video was exposed. She was suspected of being abducted and sexually assaulted and abused her children for a long time, causing a public outcry. The official originally stated that the woman was chained by her family because of mental problems and violent behavior, but the local joint investigation team announced on the 10th that the case involved human trafficking. The father of eight children, Dong Zhimin, was suspected of illegal detention, and the other two were suspected of abducting and trafficking women. Three people have been taken criminal coercive measures.
The Xuzhou Information Office’s official Weibo account, “Xuzhou Publishing,” reported on the evening of the 10th that a woman surnamed Yang, the mother of eight children in Xuzhou suffering from mental illness, had recently undergone a DNA test and found that she was Xiaohuamei from Fugong County, Yunnan Province. The 55-year-old husband of the woman surnamed Yang, Dong Zhimin, is suspected of illegal detention; the 48-year-old woman surnamed Sang and her 67-year-old husband, the man surnamed Shi, are suspected of abducting and trafficking women. The three have been taken criminal compulsory measures.
The joint investigation team of the Xuzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government stated that in order to ensure the basic livelihood of the woman surnamed Yang and her family, the Fengxian Civil Affairs Department has provided them with minimum living allowances. The education department implements the student financial aid policy in accordance with laws and regulations, and protects their children’s right to education. Volunteers from the Women’s Federation and town and village cadres help take care of the elderly and provide care, companionship and life care for their children. Later, according to the handling of the case, the guardianship responsibility of their minor children will be determined according to law.
The Douyin account “Xuzhou Yixiu Ge” released a short video on January 28, revealing that a woman was imprisoned in a broken house with a dog chain, and she gave birth to 8 children. After the short video was circulated in various communities, it aroused public attention. After the Xuzhou 8-child case was revealed, his father, Dong Zhimin, became an Internet celebrity for a time, and even brought goods on live broadcasts and was invited to promote for the company or host. Dong Zhimin’s hometown has become a hot spot in the community. There are also Internet celebrities who broadcast live broadcasts throughout the whole process, and went to visit 8 children with gifts and red envelopes to express their concern.
A large number of Chinese netizens suspected that the incident involved abduction and trafficking of women. The Propaganda Department of the Fengxian County Party Committee under Xuzhou argued in a report that the woman surnamed Yang and Dong Zhiming got married in 1988, and there was no abduction and trafficking. Because the woman surnamed Yang was mentally ill and would attack the elderly and children, Dong Zhiming tied her with an iron chain, but the official later issued a second statement, saying that the woman surnamed Yang’s real identity, real name, and place of origin were still to be investigated, and the statement was changed. The woman surnamed Yang was said to be “begging in Huankou Town because she was a vagabond”.
The third official statement issued late at night on the 7th mentioned that the woman surnamed Yang had been married and was brought to Donghai County, Jiangsu Province by her relatives from Kunming City, Yunnan Province due to illness, and her family hoped to find a “good friend”. people” married. The woman surnamed Yang was lost following arriving, and her accompanying relatives did not call the police or inform her family. The results of the investigation, released on the 10th, severely slapped the face of the official report that had been trying to hide it.
Although the official joint investigation team finally confirmed that the case was involved in human trafficking, tens of thousands of Chinese netizens still questioned why Dong Zhimin was not charged with rape, abuse and intentional injury, and demanded a full investigation. The long-standing problem of women being trafficked in rural areas is also dismayed and angry at the Chinese authorities’ shirking attitude.
