Zhejiang Underwater Hotel

On June 12, 10, Zhang Hong, a 44-year-old businessman from Inner Mongolia, was picked up by Hu Fangquan at Windham Hotel on Fengqi Road in Hangzhou, and was illegally imprisoned, demanding a ransom of 50 million yuan. In a few months, he traveled to Yongjia, Qingtian Mountain and other places. Finally, the creditor Hu Fangquan and his men put Zhang Hong in an iron cage and threw him into Tankeng Reservoir to die.

What caused Zhang Hong to be kidnapped and killed by Hu Fangquan? Is it a property dispute or a vendetta Please follow Bian Xiao into the case of Zhejiang iron cage sinking and explore the truth behind the case together.

On June 12, 1 1, the police in Xiacheng District of Hangzhou received an alarm. According to the alarm, Zhang Hong, the boss, checked into Windham Hotel on Fengqi Road on June 10 to discuss business with Hu Fangquan, a Wenzhou boss, and then lost contact. At about 1 1 that night, the policeman received a phone call from Hu Fangquan, demanding a ransom of 50 million yuan to repay the debt owed by Zhang Hong.

Zhang Hong's family opened rice mills, hotels and other industries, and had an economic foundation, so his wife successively credited 6.2 million yuan to Hu Fangquan's account. I never heard from Zhang Hong because of lack of money.

Zhang Hong, a native of Inner Mongolia, has numerous family businesses and complicated social relations. In his early years, he had experience as an outbound smuggling intermediary, engaged in usury, online gambling games and other industries, and had a criminal record of illegal possession of guns and making troubles.

At 7: 30 pm on June 12, Zhang Hong and Hu Fangquan made an appointment to meet at the hotel, because Zhang Hong had borrowed tens of millions from Hu Fangquan before, and Hu Fangquan came to Zhang Hong for debt this time. The two men were at loggerheads over money, and Zhang Hong was taken away from Hangzhou by Hu Fangquan and his party and lost contact.

Zhang Hong was detained for three months and was repeatedly beaten by Hu Fangquan and his men. 2065438+September, 2002 1 day, Hu Fangquan ordered his men to put Zhang Hong in an iron cage, transport it to Qingtian Beishan Bridge by pickup truck, and throw Zhang Hong into Tankeng Reservoir.

20 13 On February 20th, Hu Fangquan fled to Thailand. Hangzhou police sent six police officers to cooperate with Thai public security and arrested Hu Fangquan in a hotel in Bangkok.

The police began to look for Zhang Hong's body, and it was extremely difficult to salvage a person in nearly 300 water reservoirs the size of the West Lake and the depth of 100 meters. On 20 14,10120, the search for remains was restarted, and the public security started the underwater robot and the top domestic deep-water scanning equipment.

20 14 February 28th, 14, Zhang Hong's body was successfully found at the edge of Beishan Bridge at a water depth of 80m. On October 6th, 65438/KLOC-0, the body and cage of the victim Zhang Hong were successfully salvaged.

The size of the iron cage is 60X70X70cm, and the victim Zhang Hong is 1.8 meters tall. Hu Fangquan and others kept him in a small cage and abused him like an animal. The modus operandi is very cruel.

On March 201May 16, Hu Fangquan was sentenced to death by the first instance of Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court and immediately executed. 20 16 12 13, Hu Fangquan was found to be true, and was taken to the execution ground for the crime of illegal detention and intentional homicide.

Milan Kundera once said, "Never think that we can escape. Every step we take determines the final outcome, and our feet are moving towards the destination we choose. " In this case, the defendant Hu Fangquan tried to solve the economic dispute by violent means, which eventually deteriorated into the crime of intentional homicide.

When the defendant put the victim in an iron cage and threw it into the reservoir, it was doomed that he embarked on this road of no return.