Li's father believed that Liu Peng had not investigated the woman's situation clearly before marriage, and the losses incurred should be his own responsibility. "You took my son's wife, I am an old man bringing up three children and still have to farm. You are a cheat, you have harmed our family." "She would always avoid the Liu family when she made phone calls, locking herself in her room alone," said Liu's sister. "When asked where her maternal home was, she would sometimes say in a rented house in the county town, other times say in the countryside." On November 8th, Liu Peng reported the case to the Ji'an Economic Development Zone Public Security Bureau. The police investigation found that this was a typical case of marriage fraud, carefully planned from matchmaking to escape, with each person having their own role, even the house used for matchmaking was rented. Weibo recommendation | Today's hot topics on Weibo (Editor: SN017) On June 3rd, 2011, Wu Guanxiu was arrested by the police lying in wait at the time of the meeting. The police trial found that this was a gang case of defrauding money under the pretext of marriage. The suspect who played Hu Suzhen's father, calling himself Hu Zhenggen, was actually Wu Guanxiu's biological father, named Wu Mingrong. Wu Mingrong and his aunt Wu Lianxiang were all listed as fugitives in the same case. Based on the criminal circumstances, the Ji'an County Procuratorate prosecuted the main culprit Wu Guanxiu. The court legally determined that the defendant Wu Guanxiu committed fraud, sentenced to two years in prison, fined 10,000 yuan. "She is quite beautiful, looks relatively gentle." The first meeting with Hu Suzhen was still vivid in Liu Peng's memory. Deceived: New bride turned out to be a marriage fraud bait Litigation: Marital difficulties lead to suing the Civil Affairs Bureau However, with the implementation of the new "Marriage Registration Regulations" by the State Council in August 2003, the old "Marriage Registration Management Regulations" was abolished. The new "Marriage Registration Regulations" deleted the above provisions, making no provisions for fraudulent marriages, and the registration authority lost the power to declare marriages invalid. The marriage registration department did not handle it, and the "Marriage Law" also did not grant the court the power to declare such marriages invalid. The staff of the Civil Affairs Bureau told Liu Peng: "Only if you find the party concerned can you go through the divorce procedures." But, is the party concerned the Hu Suzhen on the marriage certificate, or Wu Guanxiu who lived with him? In despair, Liu Peng just wanted to quickly draw a line under his failed marriage. In a mountain village in Gulonggang Town, Xingguo County, Liu Peng met Wu Guanxiu's husband Li. Inside the house, there was still a wedding photo of Li and Wu Guanxiu hanging on the big wall. They already had three children. (Legal Weekly News Hotline: 0731-84802117) This content is according to Hunan TV (Weibo) newly launched legal story program "Law Debate Trio". Lawyer Yu Jing understood Liu Peng's decision, "Wu Guanxiu has been imprisoned, Hu Suzhen has died. If Wu Guanxiu wants a divorce, the name on the marriage certificate is not hers. He wants a divorce, it is difficult to solve legally. From the terms, it does not conform to legal regulations. From the system, to dissolve the marital relationship, divorce is either litigation divorce or agreement divorce, now neither the Civil Affairs Bureau nor the court can be approached, only to confirm this marriage certificate invalid. Confirming the marriage certificate achieves the effect of destroying this marital relationship. This can only sue the Civil Affairs Bureau." Six months later, Liu Peng contacted Wu Guanxiu by phone, "After getting the marriage certificate, the small Tongda mobile phone purchased by the family was taken by her. Later, I called that number every so often." After repeated persuasion by Liu Peng on the phone, Wu Guanxiu finally agreed to meet him at General Park in Xingguo. Lawyer Chen Xu analyzed that from the perspective of recovering stolen goods, after the public security organs recovered the stolen goods, they transferred them to the procuratorate and then to the court, finally returned to the victim by the court, "If her husband wasted or took this stolen money, it could be returned after being recovered, but Wu Guanxiu's husband has stated that he did not know about this money. If so, the victim cannot ask him for it." Beijing Yingke Law Firm lawyer Yu Jing explained that Liu Peng asking Li's family for the return of the dowry money certainly had no reason, "Because her husband did not participate in her criminal act, or even if he did not participate, enjoyed this stolen money, relevant evidence needs to be provided. Without evidence to prove, it is impossible to ask her husband for this money." At present, Liu Peng is in his thirties, living in the suburbs of Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province. After graduating from high school, he worked in a nearby factory. Seeing Liu Peng getting older and older, his marriage became a worry for the whole family. In the past Spring Festival, while families were gathering happily, the Liu family in Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province was gloomy all day long. Originally, the unresolved marriage fraud case troubled the Liu family for more than a year. That morning, Liu Peng and his wife, along with his father and sister, four people rushed to Hu Suzhen's maternal home in Shishang Town, Ningdu County, Jiangxi Province, later taking a motorcycle ride on a mountain road in a place called Ge'ao Township. (Legal Weekly News Hotline: 0731-84802117) Liu Peng and his wife were in one vehicle, Liu Dad and Liu Sister in another. When Liu Peng and his wife's vehicle suddenly stopped at a slope, Hu Suzhen quickly fled. Before Liu Peng could react, they were left in the middle of nowhere. It turns out the wife was an imposter, and Liu Peng wanted to end this marriage, but after running around the marriage registration office and the People's Court, he found himself in a marriage that couldn't be divorced. Helpless, Liu Peng could only sue the Ji'an County Civil Affairs Bureau and pondered how to recover the tens of thousands of yuan he painstakingly earned as dowry money. Although the Civil Affairs Bureau believed they had no fault in the marriage registration process, in order to help Liu Peng resolve the issue, the Ji'an County Civil Affairs Bureau accepted the court's suggestion, allowing Liu Peng to sue them on the grounds of inadequate review. Shockingly surprised: The scar from scalding water turned out to be a pregnancy mark. Lawyer Chen Xu believed that in this case, the Civil Affairs Bureau was quite wronged, "From the responsibilities of the Civil Affairs Bureau, to register a marriage, only a formal review is needed. If the statutory conditions for marriage are met, registration is granted, who would have known it was a trap set by the woman." However, Liu Peng's request for a divorce through litigation was also rejected by the court, "The case is complicated, the defendant is unclear, the real person on the marriage certificate and the one on the ID card do not match." Liu Peng frequently visited the Civil Affairs Bureau and the court. By the end of 2011, he filed an administrative lawsuit against the Civil Affairs Bureau. In August 2010, Liu Peng and Hu Suzhen successfully matched through matchmaking and got their marriage certificate the next day. The Liu family gave nearly 40,000 yuan as dowry money to the Hu family. Two months later, Hu Suzhen disappeared without a trace. However, soon enough, Hu Suzhen's behavior increasingly puzzled the Liu family. Liu Peng never imagined that the trusted old friend of his father helping him find a partner was actually a carefully laid trap. For the economically not well-off Liu family, the 40,000 yuan dowry was not a small amount. The police believed that Liu's loss would have to wait until the accomplices were apprehended to be compensated. Just as Liu Peng was at a loss, a man claiming to be Wu Guanxiu's husband called. On the night of the wedding, Liu's father called his father-in-law Hu Zhenggen, wanting to visit. Unexpectedly, Hu Dad said that according to their rural custom, daughters who leave home cannot return for over ten days. The next day after the wedding, Hu Suzhen voluntarily used the 15,000 yuan on her card to buy a bed, computer host, and television. Her actions made the Liu family rejoice again. Linking to outside rumors of marriage fraud, the Liu family began to doubt and proposed visiting Hu Suzhen's maternal home again, but she always refused for various reasons. Later, based on the address provided on Hu Suzhen's household registration, Liu's father searched for a whole day but couldn't find it. Due to Wu Guanxiu currently serving her sentence in prison, Liu Peng once again sought help from the police station. He was informed of another shocking news: Hu Suzhen had died, her household registration was impersonated by Wu Guanxiu. Regarding this, Lawyer Yu Jing suggested that the Civil Affairs Bureau should verify identity information during the review, "But after all, the civil affairs agency is not the public security bureau, verifying the authenticity of identity information is not easy. I wonder if in the institutional design, whether the information database is shared with the public security bureau."