Liu Ren Arrested

Vice President Liu Ren of Oak Pacific (Qian Xiang) Interactive Arrested
Lawyer Estimates He will Squat for 10 Years

Vice President Liu Ren of Oak Pacific (Qian Xiang) Interactive Arrested
Lawyer Estimates He will Squat for 10 Years


Liu Ren in his younger years
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-11/21/content_10391510.htm
http://www.morningpost.com.cn/article.asp?articleid=153504#top

November 21, 2008 Beijing Morning Post

Oak Pacific Interactive Technology Development Company, Limited vice president Liu Ren is a well-known figure in the IT industry. One would never have thought that he would become involved in criminal activity—being accused of seeking a “shut-up fee” to delete negative articles about a company. Quickly, the police arrested Liu Ren and two others. Yesterday, this correspondent learned that Liu Ren and the others have been arraigned for the crime of suspected racketeering by the Xicheng (District of Beijing) People’s District Attorney.
The 38-year-old Liu Ren became a reported after graduation from university, arriving at Oak Pacific Interactive in 2005 and becoming a vice-president there. The well-known DoNews (www.donews.com, also written in Chinese as “bullfighter” or 斗牛士) and Mop (www.mop.com, “cat attack” or 猫扑网) are both websites under the Oak Pacific umbrella. The two people arraigned along with Liu Ren are his employee, editor Xu Xinshi, and part-time editor of 17tech (www.17tech.com) website You Yang.
In July, 2008, Liu Ren sent emails to Xu Xinshi and You Yang to post and repost a large number of articles critical of the “Qihoo 360 Security Defender” software product developed by Beijing Sanji Wuxian Network Technology Co., Ltd., as well as articles critical of the president of this company, Zhou Mou. No specific reason was given for this action and Xu Xinshi and You Yang complied. In order to avoid harmful influence, Qi Mou of Sanji contacted Xu Xinshi in early August and asked that the negative articles be deleted from the website. Liu Ren and his two partners asked Qi Mou for a shut-up fee of a certain amount. The two parties negotiated over this issue several times.
On August 23, Liu Ren, Xu Xinshi and Qi Mou meet at a teahouse near the financial district in Xicheng district. They agreed on a fee of 230,000 yuan for deletion of the negative articles. Qi Mou transferred 50,000 yuan into an account supplied by Xu Xinshi on September 19. Liu Ren and others split the 50,000 and deleted the negative articles from the website.
But before long, the negative article reappeared since Qi Mou had not transferred the balance of payments. With no alternative, Qi Mou called the police on September 24. When Qi Mou made an appointment at a Haidian district teahouse to pay another 80,000 yuan to Liu Ren and his two partners, the police arrested the three.

Jaded? A more mature Liu Ren.
Lawyers Explanation
Ma Guohua, lawyer at the Beijing law firm Youtian, told this correspondent that, according to penal code regulations, racketeering for public or private property with for relatively large amount carries a penalty of less than three years in prison, detention, or house arrest; for a massive amount or involving extenuating circumstances carries a prison term of three to ten years. “A ‘relatively large amount’ is one to three thousand yuan; racketeering involving a ‘massive amount’ is at least ten to thirty thousand yuan.” Ma Guohua said that Liu Ren and his partners, if proven to demand 230,000 yuan, will be judged according to the ‘massive amount’ standard, and will be imprisoned for 10 years. Of course, part of the amount not successfully received can be viewed lightly in sentencing.



Liu Ren in his younger years

http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2008-11/21/content_10391510.htm
http://www.morningpost.com.cn/article.asp?articleid=153504#top

November 21, 2008 Beijing Morning Post

Oak Pacific Interactive Technology Development Company, Limited vice president Liu Ren is a well-known figure in the IT industry. One would never have thought that he would become involved in criminal activity—being accused of seeking a “shut-up fee” to delete negative articles about a company. Quickly, the police arrested Liu Ren and two others. Yesterday, this correspondent learned that Liu Ren and the others have been arraigned for the crime of suspected racketeering by the Xicheng (District of Beijing) People’s District Attorney.

The 38-year-old Liu Ren became a reported after graduation from university, arriving at Oak Pacific Interactive in 2005 and becoming a vice-president there. The well-known DoNews (www.donews.com, also written in Chinese as “bullfighter” or 斗牛士) and Mop (www.mop.com, “cat attack” or 猫扑网) are both websites under the Oak Pacific umbrella. The two people arraigned along with Liu Ren are his employee, editor Xu Xinshi, and part-time editor of 17tech (www.17tech.com) website You Yang.

In July, 2008, Liu Ren sent emails to Xu Xinshi and You Yang to post and repost a large number of articles critical of the “Qihoo 360 Security Defender” software product developed by Beijing Sanji Wuxian Network Technology Co., Ltd., as well as articles critical of the president of this company, Zhou Mou. No specific reason was given for this action and Xu Xinshi and You Yang complied. In order to avoid harmful influence, Qi Mou of Sanji contacted Xu Xinshi in early August and asked that the negative articles be deleted from the website. Liu Ren and his two partners asked Qi Mou for a shut-up fee of a certain amount. The two parties negotiated over this issue several times.

On August 23, Liu Ren, Xu Xinshi and Qi Mou meet at a teahouse near the financial district in Xicheng district. They agreed on a fee of 230,000 yuan for deletion of the negative articles. Qi Mou transferred 50,000 yuan into an account supplied by Xu Xinshi on September 19. Liu Ren and others split the 50,000 and deleted the negative articles from the website.

But before long, the negative article reappeared since Qi Mou had not transferred the balance of payments. With no alternative, Qi Mou called the police on September 24. When Qi Mou made an appointment at a Haidian district teahouse to pay another 80,000 yuan to Liu Ren and his two partners, the police arrested the three.


Jaded? A more mature Liu Ren.

Lawyers Explanation
Ma Guohua, lawyer at the Beijing law firm Youtian, told this correspondent that, according to penal code regulations, racketeering for public or private property with for relatively large amount carries a penalty of less than three years in prison, detention, or house arrest; for a massive amount or involving extenuating circumstances carries a prison term of three to ten years. “A ‘relatively large amount’ is one to three thousand yuan; racketeering involving a ‘massive amount’ is at least ten to thirty thousand yuan.” Ma Guohua said that Liu Ren and his partners, if proven to demand 230,000 yuan, will be judged according to the ‘massive amount’ standard, and will be imprisoned for 10 years. Of course, part of the amount not successfully received can be viewed lightly in sentencing.