After the disclosure of Hong Feng's beating and hospitalization on Weibo, it has caused strong reactions. Many celebrities have expressed their support for him and paid attention to the progress of the incident.
On January 22 this year, which was the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month and also the Chinese New Year's Eve, Hong Feng's family was busy in their new home "Luo Ni Mountain Villa" like other families, preparing to serve a steaming hot reunion dinner on the table, with the whole family happily waiting to enjoy the meal. The sound of firecrackers could be heard outside. Just as the dishes were about to be served, Hong Feng's wife Jiang Yan's mobile phone rang. It was the daughter of the village party secretary Lu Changgui who called, saying that she had arrived at Hong Feng's door and asked Jiang Yan to come out for a talk.
Jiang Yan said that she felt something strange about the tone of the caller, so she took a look from the second-floor balcony. Outside the gate, there were more than 20 people gathered, including not only Lu Changgui but also his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and some people she didn't know.
@Lu Chuan: I've read all his works. Is this a new round of the anti-four-old movement?
Although the video completely recorded that it was the people brought by Lu Changgui who initiated the attack first, and the hospital examination results showed that Hong Feng had three broken ribs, the police station hasn't made any handling of Lu Changgui and others yet.
Why did Lu Changgui, who once held gratitude towards Hong Feng, gather more than 20 people on such a special night of New Year's Eve and beat up Hong Feng and his family? Jiang Yan believed it was due to Hong Feng's outspokenness. Some villagers reflected that Lu Changgui embezzled a sum of money that should have been given to the villagers as immigrant funds. But because the villagers had little education, someone found Hong Feng, a well-educated person, hoping he could represent them to talk to the village party secretary about this matter. Although Hong Feng's family had already moved out of Ma Wu Village and this fund had nothing to do with him, the straightforward and generous Hong Feng still went to find Lu Changgui, hinting to him that "some money can be taken, but some money cannot be taken..."
As Hong Feng's attorney, yesterday, Attorney Wu Changheng from Guangdong Global Latitude Law Firm said that he had rushed to Hui Ze several days ago. In recent days, he also went to the police station, submitted some evidence, and inquired about the case progress. However, he believed that Hong Feng's injury situation does not fall under the legal definition of "difficult to appraise immediately", and the police shouldn't wait until the treatment is over to conduct a forensic appraisal. The suspects suspected of committing the crime should be taken compulsory measures earlier.
"From a legal procedure perspective, we need to wait for Hong Feng's injury appraisal result to determine whether the case belongs to a criminal or civil case, and then handle it according to law. Therefore, we haven't arrested anyone yet," Zhang Taowu said. The police station attaches great importance to this case, and he had carefully reviewed the entire video submitted by Hong Feng's attorney. The suspects involved in harming Hong Feng all have legitimate jobs. If they violate the law, they will definitely not escape punishment.
Family questioning: "Why haven't you arrested anyone yet?" Police response: "We need to wait for the injury appraisal."
"After settling the rent for 2009, I didn't cultivate those 3.5 mu lands in 2010 and 2011, but he said on New Year's Eve that I should pay two years' rent. Thinking that it's better to avoid trouble, I sent 800 yuan before dinner. After receiving the money, he also said that this matter was settled and would never be mentioned again. Unexpectedly, just after we stepped back into the house, they came after us..." Upon hearing that Lu Changgui said he gathered 20 people just to collect the rent, Jiang Yan became very angry. She said, first of all, she had already sent the two years' rent, why did they still come to demand rent? Secondly, collecting rent doesn't require inviting more than 20 people, does it? Thirdly, those 3.5 mu lands are public lands of the village. Even though she didn't cultivate them, if rent needed to be collected, it shouldn't be the village party secretary bringing his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and others to collect it, and they started hitting without even talking.
His main works include "The Flow of Life", "Annihilation", "Han Hai", "Departure from Home", "Peaceful Age", "East Eight Time Zone", "Life and Death Appointment", "Return to Home", etc. In the Chinese literary circle, Hong Feng is called "Northern Beggar", along with "Southern Emperor" Su Tong, "Eastern Evil" Yu Hua, "Western Poison" Ma Yuan, and "Central Mystic" Ge Fei, they are metaphorically referred to as the "Five Tigers" of the literary world, and are considered representative figures of avant-garde literature.
Regarding the reason for the beating of Hong Feng, Lu Changgui claimed that it had no relation to the immigrant funds but was due to the rent of public lands. Lu Changgui said, "On New Year's Eve, I originally just wanted to go and collect the rent. It was the people around me who attacked Hong Feng, which has nothing to do with me. I was pulling them apart the whole time during the fight, and I don't know how it turned out like this."
Before opening the door, Jiang Yan called the police. Less than 10 minutes after receiving the call, the police officers from Jin Zhong Town Police Station, which was only 6 kilometers away from Ma Wu Village, quickly arrived at the scene. By the time the police arrived, Hong Feng was already lying on the ground, unconscious after being beaten. Since "Luo Ni Mountain Villa" was equipped with surveillance equipment, the entire incident was fully and accurately recorded. Although the police did not extract the video evidence on that day, one week after the incident, the Jin Zhong Town Police Station took away the surveillance video. The police station chief Zhang Taowu also instructed Jiang Yan, "You preserve these videos well. This can be used as evidence."
Hong Feng is a man full of legendary color. In October 2006, due to the unpaid salary owed by Shenyang Cultural Bureau, Hong Feng held up a sign to "beg on the street" to raise medical expenses for his seriously ill wife; in October 2008, acclaimed as one of the "Five Tigers" of the Chinese literary circle, Hong Feng and his family returned to his wife's hometown - Ma Wu Village, Jin Zhong Town, Hui Ze County, living quietly, raising dogs, planting fruit trees, and growing medicinal herbs, becoming real farmers.
For Hong Feng, known as the "Northern Beggar" in the Chinese literary circle, this Spring Festival was extremely miserable: just a few minutes before the family was about to eat the New Year's Eve reunion dinner, the village party secretary of Ma Wu Village, Jin Zhong Town, Hui Ze County, Yunnan Province, Lu Changgui, led more than 20 people including his daughter and son-in-law to rush to his home, surrounding and beating him and his wife Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan suffered multiple external injuries, while Hong Feng had three broken ribs and a concussion. Hong Feng began to sleep deeply since New Year's Eve, and ten days have passed. Every day outside the ward of Hui Ze County People's Hospital, there are sounds of firecrackers. Jiang Yan could only hold her one-year-old child and spend all day in the hospital accompanying her husband lying on the bed.
@Song Zude: The murderers must be severely punished! On the night of New Year's Eve, due to a land lease dispute, the village party secretary of Ma Wu Village, Jin Zhong Town, Hui Ze County, Yunnan Province, Lu Changgui, led nearly 20 people to break into the famous writer Hong Feng's residence and brutally beat him, breaking three ribs. It's too arrogant! If it's because Hong Feng's seclusion in the countryside for creation might expose ugliness and they want to eliminate him, it's too despicable!
Since being admitted to the hospital, Hong Feng's medical expenses have approached 10,000 yuan. However, seeing relevant departments start to take positive actions, despite still coughing blood-streaked phlegm and having painful wounds, Hong Feng's mood improved a bit. He began to comfort his family and play with his daughter. Jiang Yan said, "Our greatest wish is to deal with this matter according to law. If it's a criminal case, the criminal responsibility of the relevant personnel must be pursued."
Born in November 1959, Hong Feng's original domicile is Tongyu County, Jilin Province. After the restoration of the college entrance examination system, he entered the Chinese Department of Northeast Normal University in late 1977, graduated in January 1982, and then taught in the Chinese Department of Bai Cheng Teacher's College. In October 1984, he transferred to the "Writer" magazine editorial department of Jilin Province Writers Association to work as an editor, promoted to deputy editor in 1988, and left to study as a postgraduate student in the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University in the same year. In 1995, he was introduced as a special talent by the Shenyang Municipal Government, leaving Changchun to work in the Shenyang Municipal Culture Bureau. In 1988, he joined the Chinese Writers Association, serving as a councilor and member of the chairmanship of the Liaoning Branch of the Writers Association, and vice chairman of the Shenyang Branch of the Writers Association. In November 2006, due to survival issues, he "begged on the street", and on December 2, he resigned from the Chinese Writers Association Liaoning Branch and Shenyang Branch. At the end of 2008, he moved to Yunnan.
@Beicun: Pay attention.
Village Party Secretary: "Collecting Rent for Public Land"
Family Rebuttal: "Do you need to bring more than 20 people to collect rent?"
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@Muyan Xuecun: I've read all of Hong Feng's published works, some I like very much, some not so much, my favorite is "East Eight Time Zone". Re-posting for the unfortunate predecessor.
After completing a full-body check-up, the diagnosis report from Hui Ze County People's Hospital wrote: chest soft tissue contusion, fractures of the 10th, 11th, and 12th left ribs... Upon learning that Hong Feng's three ribs were broken, Jiang Yan was still trembling with fear: "If I hadn't rushed over to protect him at that time, judging by those people's way of beating, if a rib pierced an internal organ causing massive bleeding, the consequences would have been unimaginable. They hit too hard!"
Seeing the situation from inside, Hong Feng hurriedly walked out the door, similarly being surrounded and beaten as soon as he went out. Jiang Yan recalled, "After being beaten and knocked down, the people brought by Lu Changgui continued to kick Hong Feng hard. Even when Hong Feng was finally beaten unconscious, these people still wouldn't let him go, continuing to beat him. I threw myself on top of Hong Feng, and the punches and kicks also landed on me..."
"At the beginning, their attitude was worse, these few days slightly better, but still no one has apologized to us." Jiang Yan said, there was also a slightly encouraging message. Under the communication and urging of relevant leaders of Hui Ze County, yesterday afternoon, the county public security bureau's forensic medicine department finally sent people to the hospital to conduct a 'living body inspection' for Hong Feng.
Since being hospitalized on New Year's Eve, Hong Feng's entire family has stayed in the hospital for 10 days. During this period, Pan Lihua, the minister of the Propaganda Department of Hui Ze County, called several times to inquire, and the day before yesterday, Minister Pan specially visited Hong Feng and his wife in the hospital, but Lu Changgui showed no signs.
After Lu Changgui and others finished beating and dispersed, Jiang Yan called acquaintances and quickly sent Hong Feng to the hospital for treatment. What was supposed to be a happy Spring Festival ended up being very miserable, with the whole family spending the New Year in the hospital ward. Her one-year-old daughter seemed to understand what happened, no longer throwing tantrums, and obediently accompanied her father by his bedside every day.
What kind of matter requires more than 20 people to discuss? Feeling something was amiss, Jiang Yan called the police while going out to open the door. Before she could say anything, a group of people surrounded her, some cursing, some pushing, starting physical attacks on her.
After moving to Ma Wu Village, Hong Feng lived very low-keyly, with a life no different from ordinary farmers. In 2008, to build a road from the village to the primary school, Hong Feng worked as a volunteer every day under the scorching sun, carrying stones, pushing carts, and doing everything hands-on, which attracted widespread attention from national media. In 2008, our newspaper also reported on this matter under the title "Literary Northern Beggar, Huize Farmer." At that time, Lu Changgui also expressed in an interview: "If it weren't for your interview, we really wouldn't have known that he was such a famous writer, with absolutely no airs. I thank him for helping the children build the road..."