Gangs manipulate deaf people to steal all over 13 provinces： if they don’t obey, they threaten to ＂cut their throats＂

　　A few days ago, the Ministry of Public Security announced that the crime of abducting and manipulating deaf people in 13 provinces involved was successfully solved. The public security organs of 13 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, including Sichuan, Chongqing, Jilin, Gansu and Liaoning, have carried out special centralized network-closing operations. Up to now, 464 suspects have been arrested, 75 criminal gangs have been destroyed, 98 abducted deaf-mute people have been rescued, and 859 illegal and criminal cases have been cracked.

　　In November last year, the public security organs in Changchun City, Jilin Province found in their work that criminal gangs led by Yang Jun abducted and manipulated deaf people to engage in illegal and criminal activities, and committed crimes in a wide area and involved many people. Under the coordination and command of the Ministry of Public Security, the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department immediately set up a task force to arrest the people involved in the case in China, and Yang Jun, the main suspect of the gang, was arrested in Mianyang.

　　A few days ago, a reporter from Huaxi Dushi Bao met Yang Jun, who was detained in Mianyang Detention Center. This young man in his twenties looked very sunny. Through the on-the-spot communication with the sign language teacher, he told the story of his crime of abducting and manipulating the deaf after dropping out of college.

　　Deaf-mute college students drop out of school and use QQ group to form pickpockets.

　　On October 12th, Yang Jun, dressed in prison uniform, kept gesturing to reporters with sign language in Mianyang Detention Center, telling her experiences for so many years. According to Yang Jun, he used to be a deaf-mute student in a university in Chongqing. Because of his small circle of communication, he was afraid that he would not find a job in the future, so he dropped out of school and returned to Chengdu to start a street pickpocketing career. Yang Jun, who is physically strong and influential among the disabled pickpockets with him, was recommended as the leader. In 2014, Yang Jun and another partner, Yang Ning, who is also deaf and dumb, and Wang Qiang, a normal person, came up with the idea of forming a team to steal.

　　In order to strengthen their own team, Yang Jun and others used QQ group to release information to the deaf-mute disabled people in the group, saying that they could help introduce their work and get to know more disabled people and their partners through this group.

　　Yang Jun’s girlfriend Xue Yu met through QQ group. At the beginning of 2012, Xue Yu, a minor, found Yang Jun with a try attitude. At the beginning, because Xue Yu was young, when Yang Jun gang members stole, Xue Yu covered the periphery. "Our group can steal hundreds of dollars every day, but we have to hand them in for distribution." Xue Yu said that she made little contribution at that time and earned very little money.

　　Later, Xue Yucheng became Yang Jun’s girlfriend, so Yang Jun stopped letting her steal, and was responsible for keeping the money handed in by small gangs every day. According to Xue Yu, after becoming boyfriend and girlfriend with Yang Jun, Yang Jun took her to drive around and bought her many luxuries such as mink coats and LV bags.

　　Looking for a job, looking for a partner, these tempting information, let many deaf-mute people focus on it and join the gang of Yang Jun and others. "When we invite these disabled people, we always give them tickets first, and then give them tickets when they are satisfied ‘ Work ’ 。” Yang Junyong gestured in sign language.

　　Unified rental management "performance" is sent to other provinces

　　After these deaf-mute disabled people were deceived together, Yang Jun took away their ID cards and disability certificates, rented houses for them in a unified way, managed them in a unified way, and conducted training. After the training is completed, these people will be sent to stations, squares and other intensive places to steal, and the profits will be divided according to "performance".

　　Yang Jun said that Yang Ning, the fat man, was responsible for arranging the theft of their gang, and the person in charge of the area was appointed first, followed by the group leader. The pickpocketing team is a combination of old and new. One of them steals, the other covers, and the new recruits are led by the small leader, who learns pickpocketing experience while covering the periphery. "The people sent out depend on their luck. At most, a group can earn 2,000 yuan at a time."

　　Yang Jun and others, in the manipulation of gangs, also assigned experienced personnel to other places to steal, and then introduced foreign personnel to the local area. "It’s easy to manage and make them rely on us." Yang Jun said that those who failed to get the money for a long time would be kicked out of the team. According to Yang Jun’s account, this pickpocket gang has been growing and finally developed into a pickpocket gang for the deaf and dumb across 13 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, with more than 400 main members. There are more than 20 people just following Yang Jun, and their daily income is considerable.

　　Members are often threatened to "cut their throats" if they don’t listen.

　　Zhao Li, a 21-year-old from Shaanxi, is also a member of this gang. She got married in her hometown and gave birth to a healthy baby. A few years ago, Zhao Li, who had nothing to do at home, listened to a friend’s introduction and joined this criminal gang to take charge of the outer cover. And her superior Gao Cheng is the head of Yang Jun sent to other places. At the beginning of this year, Zhao Li’s son fell ill and was hospitalized. His parents told her about his illness through WeChat, and asked her to go home and visit him.

　　Zhao Li told Gao Cheng, her head, the idea of going home, but Hu Zi, another member of the gang, refused to return her ID card and disability certificate to Zhao Li. "Without these things, I can’t even go home to buy a ticket."

　　Zhao Li begged several times before he got his certificate. After going home to visit her children and parents, she quickly ran out of money and joined the pickpocket gang again. In September this year, when she committed a crime with gang members in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, she was arrested by the local police.

　　According to Zhao Li, front-line personnel like her are often threatened by the people above, and when their performance is not satisfactory, they can’t have a full meal. For deaf people who want to escape, the backbone of the gang will be beaten by threats of violence. "They often use gestures such as cutting their throats to threaten deaf people who are disobedient." Zhao Li said that compared with the physical trauma, the psychological damage of the deaf-mutes who were cheated into the partnership was particularly serious.

　　Being escorted to Mianyang Detention Center, Zhao Li shed tears when he was interrogated by the police. She gestured with her hand that she missed her children and her parents. If she could go back in time, she would never do pickpocketing again.

　　The police jointly collected the net and found LV handbags and other items.

　　In November last year, the public security organs in Changchun City, Jilin Province found in their work that criminal gangs led by Yang Jun abducted and manipulated deaf people to engage in illegal and criminal activities, and committed crimes in a wide area and involved many people. After the case was reported, the Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to it, set up a task force to investigate the case, and deployed public security organs in 13 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, including Sichuan and Jilin, to carry out their work along the line. With the deepening of investigation, the public security organs have gradually sorted out the activity tracks and laws of several criminal gangs and mastered the relevant criminal facts.

　　After the network was closed, the arresting group found that these people had strong anti-detection ability because of various trainings. "Once they find something unusual, they will immediately transfer. Many old policemen in the detachment have been discovered by them several times." Chen Feihu, a policeman from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Mianyang Public Security Bureau, said.

　　As the leader of the gang, Yang Jun was ready to escape at this time. On October 7th, when Yang Jun and others packed expensive items such as LV handbags and prepared to escape, they were stopped by the task force. In the rental house in Yang Jun, the police found LV handbags, mink coats and other items, as well as car tools ready to escape.

　　Suspect confessed

　　Novices in each group every day.

　　Steal 2000 to 3000 yuan

　　With the continuous arrest of the core members of the gang, the organizational structure of this criminal gang and the means of violent control of deaf-mute people have gradually surfaced.

　　"Novices need to steal from 2,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan per group every day, while skilled thieves have a daily goal of 10,000 yuan. If they fail to achieve their goals, they will have to beat and scold. Only by stealing enough indicators and stealing more can you have a good meal and see meat. " Thinking of that unforgettable past, Pang Mou, the abducted disabled person, burst into tears.

　　In the previous investigation, the public security organs found that the gang was closely organized and had a clear division of labor, and it was managed by a special person from top to bottom. "The gang level is clear, the gang leader can fly by plane and high-speed rail, and others can only travel by train. Deaf-mute people will be taken away by the backbone and leader of the gang every day, and they can’t leave a penny. " Wang Wantao, political commissar of Mianyang Criminal Investigation Detachment, said.

　　Dialogue with Yang

　　Worried about being eliminated by society

　　Finally took a detour.

　　Huaxi Dushi Bao: Why did you go from stealing to abducting and manipulating deaf people?

　　Yang Jun: I am a deaf-mute disabled person. I seldom communicate with normal people at ordinary times, and the sign language of deaf-mute people can’t be understood by outsiders. It is these reasons that make me think that I will be eliminated by society and finally embark on the road of pickpocketing. In the process of stealing, I often encounter being beaten, being discriminated against by normal people, and my reputation in the circle has become bigger, so I began to recruit deaf-mute disabled people to steal.

　　Huaxi Dushi Bao: You are a disabled person, and you recruited disabled people. Why do you want to exploit them?

　　Yang Jun: We need money to rent them a house and provide them with training. Therefore, every time they steal, we will ask them to pay a certain percentage.

　　Huaxi Dushi Bao: Disabled people deserve sympathy, but you use them as a tool to collect money. Have you ever felt guilty about doing so?

　　Yang Jun: After several days of introspection, I also realized my mistakes. Disabled people need care from all walks of life, but I took them astray when they needed care most. They were rescued this time, and I hope they can get out of the shadows.

　　(The suspects in the article are all pseudonyms)