The youth with a job, He Hongtao, together with Lin Jiang (not yet sentenced) and Jiu Lei (dealt with in another case), after premeditation, arrived at the door of a residence on the west side of the 4th floor of Building 9, West Binhe Road, Qifeng City, around 5 o'clock in the early morning of February 9, 1999. Seeing that the wooden door was locked, they pried it open and entered. The three loudly discussed their fear of being recognized and thus covered their faces with red towels. Armed with knives, they burst into a small bedroom where they threatened Wang Moumou and Yang Moumou, a couple who were startled awake from their sleep, saying harshly: "Don't move, whoever makes a sound will be killed. We've come to get money." They then struck Yang Moumou several times in the face as he attempted to make a phone call, pulled out the telephone wire, and used adhesive tape to seal the mouths of the couple. They used a shirt taken from a drawer to blindfold them and tied up their limbs. Holding them tightly, they proceeded to the living room where they also bound Wang and Yang's daughter, Wang Mou, covering her with a quilt so she couldn't struggle. Thereafter, the three began ransacking the house, stealing 5000 yuan in cash, one Nokia 5110 mobile phone, one Motorola Chinese display pager, four cartons of cigarettes, one commemorative coin. After fleeing, they divided the spoils; the stolen goods have been recovered.
Zhengzhou, September 21st - He Hongtao, the defendant who conspired with others to commit a home invasion robbery with knives, has recently been formally prosecuted by the People's Procuratorate of Shunhe Hui District, Qifeng City. The court sentenced him to 12 years in prison for robbery and fined him 10,000 yuan.