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Chapter 38 The Strange Case

 

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Zhou Jianguo sighed: There are many experts and scholars studying the history of the Cultural Revolution, but I still can’t find any detailed information about the investigation of the “May 16 Counter-Revolutionary Group” and the “One Attack Three Anti” movement in Hefei City during the Cultural Revolution. Covered history.

When Zhou Jianguo chatted with Pan Guangfu and Chai Jianmin about the events of the Cultural Revolution, he suddenly took out some yellowed data from his backpack and said:

Here are some data I took with me when I went to Hefei this time. On August 16, 1968, the Hefei Municipal Revolutionary Committee planned to sentence 33 people to the case of a counter-revolutionary group, including the first culprit, Shen Zhirui, and 4 others to death.

The Hefei Municipal Public Security, Procuratorate, Legal and Military Control Commission reported to the Hefei Municipal Revolutionary Committee the so-called three categories of personnel, that is, those who had completed their sentences, those who were ex-educated, and those who were forced to work. They organized a counter-revolutionary restoration group with as many as 33 people. The Standing Committee of the Hefei Revolutionary Committee plans to impose immediate execution on three of the chief criminals, Shen Zhirui, Gu Zhongliang, and Pan Fuxin, and one principal criminal, Bu Jinlong. 15 other members were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 20 to 3 years, and the other 11 were sentenced to three years of supervision or wearing hats to supervise reform.

The names of the 33 persons in this case are as follows: Shen Zhirui, Gu Zhongliang, Pan Fuxin, Bu Jinlong, Yuan Jue, Jin Shuhe, Chen Yamin, Xie Kaiyuan, Liu Hongkui, Ma Xiaji, Bian Baochang, Yang Chengxiang, Chen Boyun, Chen Peigen, Gong Xianxing, Zhu Dehai, Lu Zhi Peng, Ling Shanyi, Liu Fenju, Feng Huigen, Yang Wenlong, Lu Xiaowan, Chen Zuyin, Chen Jingfan, Fu Hongfa, Wang Furong, Zhu Jingen, Chen Tengyun, Zhou Yunzhong, Xu Bingchang, Zhou Lie, Wang Gentang, Wang Xinyan.

On December 2, 1968, the Hefei Municipal Revolutionary Committee approved the supplementary report of the Public Prosecution, Law and Military Management Committee on the case, agreeing that Chen Yamin's sentence should be changed from life imprisonment to death sentence for immediate execution, and Gong Xianxing had a 7-year sentence instead of life imprisonment. It is estimated that either because of the huge size of the case, some new so-called serious criminal evidence was discovered later; or Chen and Gong made some resistance after being arrested. The Hefei City Revolutionary Committee's proposal to commute the death sentence must be reported level by level to the military representative of the Supreme Court for approval. In response to the opinion put forward by the Military Control Committee that the person who was originally planned to be sentenced to prison was inconvenient to be controlled in a labor camp and was instead arrested and sentenced. It should still be controlled."

Zhou Jianguo said angrily: On February 16, 1970, Shen Zhirui was shot and executed in Hefei City during the one-strike and three-anti campaign. He was the first victim of that campaign. The situation of Gu Zhongliang, Pan Fuxin and Bu Jinlong is unknown.

On March 30, 1970, the Revolutionary Committee of Hefei City requested instructions from the Revolutionary Committee of Anhui Province, saying that the office meeting of the Standing Committee of the Committee would study the treatment of Chen Yamin, Gong Xianxing, and Yuan Jue, and planned to sentence Chen and Gong to death immediately. Death reprieve for two years.

On April 4, 1970, the Hefei Municipal Revolutionary Committee issued Hegebanzi [1970] No. 102 document titled "Concerning the Counter-revolutionary Restoration of the Building Materials Experimental Factory and the Shushan Lake Machine Kiln Factory Group Criminal Chen Peigen's Handling Opinion Report", the content of the report is unknown, file number 012-01-0081-011.

On September 22, 1982, the Hefei Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China issued Hefa Luozi [1982] No. 100 document, titled "Reply on Repayment of Wages to 33 Persons including Liu Hongkui", file number 001-024-0035-007. Liu Hongkui should have been sentenced to 12 years in this case.

These people were sentenced or reeducated through labor but were not released and were forced to stay in the Hefei Labor Reform Factory (Building Materials Experimental Factory, Shushan Lake Machine Kiln Factory) and continue to work after changing their identities. There are also some who were not sentenced or reeducated through labor. They are forced labor reformers.

Zhou Jianguo continued: Such cases also occur in other places from time to time, and there are even some cases where inmates were labeled as counter-revolutionary riot groups. The most famous one is the execution of Xu Guanzeng, Wang Ruqiang, Ren Daxiong and other 13 cases.

Zhou Jianguo took out a bunch of data and continued:

You can look at the data. This is the 1979 criminal judgment of the Intermediate Court of Hefei City, Anhui Province (Xing Zai Zi 79 No. 540). Judgment No. 001 was a death sentence, executed on February 16, 1970, at the age of 55.

When Shen Zhirui was executed by shooting, he was in the middle of a strike against three evils. He was sentenced to death by the No. 001 Military Sentence No. 001 of the Hefei Public Prosecution, Law and Military Management Committee. Obviously, the death sentence of "No. 001" proves that he was the first person executed as the first criminal in the May 16 counter-revolutionary riot group case.

Shen Zhirui is a native of Shanghai. During the Anti-Japanese War, he participated in the Communist Army and studied at the Anti-Japanese University Branch School. During the Civil War, he belonged to Lin Biao’s four-field command. He returned to Shanghai to serve as the vice principal of Shanghai Beijiao Middle School. He was arrested in March 1958. He was soon expelled from the Communist Party of China and administrative positions due to reasons such as rightists, shielding counter-revolutionaries, degeneration, and corruption of life. He was sent to Baimaoling, Anhui Province. Farm labor reform. In 1967, Shen Zhirui took leave from Hefei to visit his children in Shanghai due to a work-related injury. That was the only time he saw his children after he was arrested in 1958.

Pan Guangfu asked Zhou Jianguo very strangely: Why did you bring these yellowed data with you from Hong Kong to Hefei this time?

Zhou Jianguo took out a piece of data and said:

On August 16, 1968, the Hefei Municipal Revolutionary Committee planned to sentence 33 people to the case of the counter-revolutionary restoration group. The Standing Committee of the Hefei Municipal Revolutionary Committee proposed to impose the death penalty on three of the first criminals, Shen Zhirui, Gu Zhongliang, and Pan Fuxin. The main criminal Bu Jinlong was sentenced to death immediately, the main criminals Yuan Jue and Jin Shuhe were sentenced to death with a reprieve, the main criminal Chen Yamin was sentenced to life imprisonment, and another 15 members were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from 20 to 3 years, and the other 11 were sentenced to three years of confinement or detainment. Cap supervises the sanction of the renovation.

Zhou Jianguo added:

The list of 33 persons in this case is as follows: Shen Zhirui, Gu Zhongliang, Pan Fuxin, Bu Jinlong, Yuan Jue, Jin Shuhe, Chen Yamin, Xie Kaiyuan, Liu Hongkui, Ma Xiaji, Bian Baochang, Yang Chengxiang, Chen Boyun, Chen Peigen, Gong Xianxing, Zhu Dehai, Lu Zhi Peng, Ling Shanyi, Liu Fenju, Feng Huigen, Yang Wenlong, Lu Xiaowan, Chen Zuyin, Chen Jingfan, Fu Hongfa, Wang Furong, Zhu Jingen, Chen Tengyun, Zhou Yunzhong, Xu Bingchang, Zhou Lie, Wang Gentang, Wang Xinyan.

At this time, Zhou Jianguo's wife Shi Nianchang climbed from the upper berth to the lower berth and sat beside Zhou Jianguo.

Zhou Jianguo pointed to his wife Shi Nianchang and said to Pan Guangfu and Chai Jianmin: The fathers of our old couple are on this list of 33 people, and they all died in the Cultural Revolution in the end. For fear of continued persecution, many people were forced to draw a line with their families, and even changed their names. No one dared to continue to appeal. Everyone believed that in a bloody and authoritarian society, any appeal would be stupid. In fact, no media will follow up and report on the case.

Zhou Jianguo said: My wife and I finally chose to flee the mainland and settled in Hong Kong. I was born on October 1, 1949, and now I am over 70 years old. In order to find the children of the victims, my wife and I decided to take this trip to Hefei, but found nothing. Even in the small shops that sold Cultural Revolution newspapers and leaflets, there was no information about the suppression of the May 16 counter-revolutionary riot group in Hefei. We only found some data on Wudou in Anhui and Hefei.

Zhou Jianguo said to Pan Guangfu: You used to be a reporter from the Hong Kong media, I hope you can get in touch with the media, so that the truth about the suppression of the 33-person counter-revolutionary restoration clique in Hefei will be revealed to the world!