During Lin Yi's escape, in 1996, the police of Pujiang had found his hometown, where his mother repaid 50,000 yuan to the Pujiang Cotton Mill on behalf of her son. After investigation, the police discovered that Lin Yi was hiding in Nanning and eventually captured him in Shenzhen while he was on a business trip to negotiate deals. He started his career by selling watches at a street stall, completed capital accumulation, then switched to the jewelry business, establishing a company that ranked among the top in the local area. At the age of eighty, an elderly woman kindly intervened in a dispute but was accidentally crushed to death; the parties involved were sentenced to three years in prison. Lin Yi served as chairman, holding a 40% stake.
During his fugitive days, under an assumed name, he started from scratch by setting up a street stall, not only becoming a major jeweler in Nanning, Guangxi, but also becoming a member of the Political Consultative Committee of Xingning District in Nanning. From businessman to fugitive, recommended on Weibo | Today's Weibo Hot Topics, from political consultative committee member to "prisoner", share to: welcome to comment, I want to comment. However, he still could not change the fact that he was a fugitive.
With everything going smoothly in his business, Lin Yi also established a family in Nanning, having one son and one daughter despite opposition from the parents of his lover due to their same surname. Due to the state's limited purchase of raw cotton at the time, Lin Yi failed to secure the goods, so he decided to purchase directly from the people.
Lin Yi fled all the way to Nanning, Guangxi, using the alias Lin Songtao. In October 2010, Lin Yi was elected vice president of the Guangxi Nanning Private Enterprise Association, vice president of the Guangxi Jewelry Association, and vice chairman of the Nanning United Trade Union. In July this year, he was also selected as a member of the Political Consultative Committee of Xingning District in Nanning.
Lin Yi, also known as Lin Jie, was born in 1967 in Fuqing, Fujian. Twenty-three years ago, he absconded with funds, nearly destroying a state-owned cotton mill. With his quick wit, he entered the business world in the 1980s. In March 1988, Lin Yi negotiated a deal with the Pujiang Cotton Mill. Subsequently, along with his fellow townsman Chen Rongjian, they took 590,000 yuan from the cotton mill to order raw cotton from a state-owned factory in Binzhou, Shandong.
This made Lin Yi think that he was safe. In 1989, Chen Rongjian was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment, while Lin Yi disappeared without a trace.
Unknowingly, Chen Rongjian absconded with 490,000 yuan in goods payment. Realizing he had been deceived, Lin Yi looked at the remaining 100,000 yuan and made a life-changing decision - he sent a savings book of 50,000 yuan along with a letter of accusation to the Pujiang Cotton Mill, then fled with the remaining 50,000 yuan in cash.
Since the launch of the "Clear Web Operation" this year, public security authorities have repeatedly urged Lin Yi to surrender through his family and friends, but he showed no response.
Recently, after 23 years of being on the run, Lin Yi was captured by the Pujiang police during the "Clear Web Operation".
Currently, the case is still under further review.