The Fuqing CDI Bombing Case: A Pending Case Lasting over 11 Years

• Author: China Law Digest compiled news

On June 24, 2001, the parcel bombs of the CCP Commission for Discipline Inspection in Fuqing city, Fujian province killed one person on the spot. Three months later, Chen Keyun and Wu Changlong were arrested. Chen was the manager of the ZhongFu Company in Fuqing city and is familiar with explosive technologies. Wu was once examined by the CCP’s CID of Fuqing City because of invoices for reimbursement problems.

In June of 2004, six defendants were sentenced, among others, Chen and Wu were sentenced to death with two years stay for crime of bombing. Wang Xiaogang, who was accused of providing the detonator for the bombs, was found innocent and acquitted by Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court.

After the first instance, five defendants including Chen and Wu appealed, claiming that they were tortured by the police.

Reports indicate that the Fujian High Court had reached a consensus without publicity that all defendants did not constitute a crime, but could not render a judgment of innocence. In December 2005, the Fujian High Court remanded the case and claimed that the facts of original judgment were unclear, and there was a lack of evidence. In addition, the defendants’ confessions are inconsistent, with many contradictions among them.

In October 2006, Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court sentenced then again, stating that torture didn’t exist, and the judgments for Chen and Wu in the first sentence were upheld. The other three defendants were commutated in varying degrees. The five appealed to the Fujian High Court again. In May 2010, the High Court opened a session again, at this...