There are still abductees who have not been found. Human trafficker Yu Huaying: selling his own son

On September 18th, the Intermediate People's Court of Guiyang City publicly sentenced the defendant Yu Huaying for the crime of child trafficking. The defendant Yu Huaying was sentenced to death for the crime of child trafficking, deprived of political rights for life, and had all personal property confiscated.

Yu Huaying appealed in court.

Between 1993 and 1996, Yu Huaying, together with Gong Mouliang, abducted and sold more than ten children.

Yu Huaying once confessed that she first committed the crime by selling her illegitimate child, who has not yet been found.

The "business" starting from selling biological children

Yu Huaying was originally from Heqing County, Yunnan Province, born in 1963. She once wrote a confession in prison, stating that she was born into a very poor family of four siblings, and she was the youngest.

"I have been suffering all my life," Yu Huaying said in her self narration, stating that she attended school at the age of 8, but only had two years left. After her mother passed away, she had to drop out of school and return home to work. At the age of 17, my father also passed away, feeling even more painful and exhausted mentally.

In 1984, at the age of 21, Yu Huaying met Wang Mouwen, a man from Dazu, Chongqing, while visiting Dali, Yunnan. After the two got married, Wang brought Yu Huaying back to his hometown. In Dazu, Yu Huaying renewed her registered residence and had a ID number number beginning with "510230".

In January 1987, Yu Huaying, who had just turned 23 years old, gave birth to her daughter Wang Meihua. Both of them are not hardworking and willing to endure hardship. Wang Mouwen is still doing some sneaky things outside. In the eyes of the villagers in the same village, the couple's reputation is not good.

In 1992, Wang Mouwen was arrested on suspicion of theft, and Yu Huaying and her daughter were cut off from their sources of livelihood. In order to make a living, Yu Huaying entrusted Wang Meihua to be raised by Wang Mouwen's sister-in-law, while she went to work at a noodle shop in the county town. During her employment, Yu Huaying met Gong Mouliang, also known as "Gong Carpenter".

Gong Mouliang is 20 years older than Yu Huaying. At that time, Gong Mouliang, like Yu Huaying, had families and children. Yu Huaying cohabited with Gong Mouliang and gave birth to a baby boy without terminating her marriage with Wang Mouwen.

According to Yu Huaying's confession, at that time, the two of them were not financially capable enough to support the child, and as they were illegitimate, they discussed selling the baby boy. Under the operation of Gong Mouliang, the baby boy was taken to a person named Wang Moufu in a village of Handan City, Hebei Province, and Wang Moufu resold the baby boy. Gong Mouliang and Yu Huaying received thousands of yuan in compensation as a result.

Abducting and trafficking 13 children one after another

Soon, Gong Mouliang's fruit business in Guizhou failed and he lost a lot of money. Yu Huaying said that it was Gong Mouliang who suggested finding dolls to sell again. In the indictment, the first criminal fact charged by the prosecution was on the seventh day of the first lunar month in 1993. Yu Huaying, together with Gong Mouliang, abducted a 6-year-old boy named Cai Shengsheng near Zunyi Railway Station and brought him to Handan, where he was sold for 4000 yuan.

Yu Huaying's methods of abduction are similar, both renting a house in the same place for ten and a half days, getting to know the people around her while searching for suitable children. After getting familiar with the child, use snacks to lure them away. Most of the abducted families are not wealthy, and some are parents working in sanitation, leaving early and returning late; Some are doing shoe repair business on the street and spend the whole day outside; Some make a living by collecting waste without anyone taking care of their children. When they discovered it, Yu Huaying and Gong Mouliang had already left. Previously, during the interrogation, Yu Huaying admitted that in order to avoid suspicion from others that they had abducted and sold children, he deliberately left behind clothes, blankets, etc., and fled without cleaning up.

Yu Huaying claimed in court that there was a division of labor between her and Gong Mouliang. Gong Mouliang was responsible for searching for children and arranging a time to take them to the train station. Yu Huaying picked up the children at the train station and then took them to Handan. Yu Huaying said that the money for child trafficking is managed by Gong Mouliang, who is in charge.

This fast paying business allowed Yu Huaying to live a wealthy life for a while. Yu Huaying's cousin mentioned in her testimony that she had asked Yu Huaying to send smuggled children in 2002. At that time, she felt that Yu Huaying was "particularly wealthy and capable, and did fruit business and open restaurants in Xinjiang, Guiyang, Hebei, Chuxiong and other places.". After learning that Yu Huaying had abducted children, my cousin realized that "my child was equivalent to being sold by her.".

According to the prosecution's charges, from 1993 to 1996, in just over three years, Yu Huaying and Gong Mouliang abducted and sold a total of 11 children from multiple families, including 3 pairs of siblings:

In January 1993, the two kidnapped 6-year-old Xiao A near Zunyi Railway Station in Guizhou;

In August of the same year, the two kidnapped Little B and Little C brothers in Zunyi;

In 1994, the two kidnapped Xiao D near Baiziqiao in Duyun City, Guizhou Province;

In July 1995, the two kidnapped Little E and Little F brothers near Xiaowei Village in Duyun City;

In the winter of 1995, the two of them came to Guiyang and kidnapped 5-year-old Yang Niuhua;

In July 1996, the two returned to Duyun and abducted Little H and Little I siblings by the small river in Xiyuan Village;

In October of the same year, the two kidnapped Xiao J near the intersection of Xianren Cave in Dongshan, Guiyang City;

Subsequently, the two returned to Dazu, Chongqing and abducted Xiao K.

In 2000, Yu Huaying was criminally detained by the Handan police on suspicion of child trafficking, but was released two months later.

In 2004, Yu Huaying resumed her old business and her accomplice changed from her lover Gong Mouliang to her husband Wang Mouwen.

According to the prosecution's charges, Yu Huaying and Wang Mouwen did not commit crimes in Guizhou or Chongqing later. They went to Chuxiong, Yunnan Province and abducted Little L and Little M to Handan in Nanhua County and Dayao County. After Xiao M was abducted, his father went to the Dayao County Public Security Bureau to report the case. With the cooperation of the police in Yunnan and Hebei, Yu Huaying and Wang Mouwen were arrested and brought to justice on May 19, 2004. Faced with interrogation by the police in Dayao County, both of them concealed their true identities. Yu Huaying falsely claimed to be "Zhang Yun" and Wang Mouwen falsely claimed to be "Wang Wei", and evaded scrutiny by the local public security organs.

On September 27, 2004, the Dayao County Court sentenced Zhang Yun and Wang Wei to 8 years in prison for the crime of child trafficking. The court believes that "Zhang Yun" and "Wang Wei" subjectively have the purpose of trafficking children for sale, and objectively committed the act of profiting 13500 yuan from trafficking children, which has constituted the crime of child trafficking.

After the verdict, the two did not appeal. During her sentence, Yu Huaying received a one-year reduction in prison in 2007 and a two-year reduction in prison in 2009. Her sentence was completed on May 18, 2009, and she returned to live in Danzishi, Nan'an District, Chongqing after her release.

At that time, more criminal facts about Yu Huaying and others were not discovered.

During Yu Huaying's imprisonment, Gong Mouliang was diagnosed with cancer. Gong Mouliang passed away on August 1, 2008, four months after his son took him home.

Now, among the 13 people suspected of being abducted by Yu Huaying, 2 have been rescued by the police, 10 have found their original families, and 1 has not been found yet.

She always remembers the face of a human trafficker

Yang Niuhua was 5 years old when she was abducted.

Upon arriving in Handan, Hebei, Yang Niuhua remembered that the residence provided by the intermediary was a small courtyard with two bedrooms on either side. She and Yu Huaying live in the larger room, which has a kang over two meters long and a stove placed in the middle of the room. Yu Huaying always has a straight face and no smile. In the cold and bone chilling winter nights of the north, Yang Niuhua will also be kicked out to guard the door.

Due to being a girl, Yang Niuhua was not favored by buyers for a long time. About a month later, she was taken by Yu Huaying to the land between two villages and sold to a local old lady for 3500 yuan, and brought back to be raised by her deaf and mute son. Afterwards, Yang Niuhua called the old man "grandma" and called the mute "dad".

She was not abused while supporting her family, and her grandmother and deaf adoptive father treated her like family. But grandma never shy away from buying Yang Niuhua; Sometimes when walking on the village road, other elderly people would point at her and say, "You were too expensive at that time, otherwise we would have bought it back.". My grandmother thought Yang Niuhua was smart and easy to run away from learning too much knowledge, so she stopped going to school in sixth grade and started working outside at the age of 13.

During the process of trafficking Yang Niuhua, Yu Huaying once punched and kicked her, and even scalded her head with hot water. The image of a human trafficker has always been engraved in Yang Niuhua's mind. During the investigation, the police gave her more than ten photos for her to recognize, and she recognized Yu Huaying at a glance.

In May 2021, Yang Niuhua, who had been abducted for 26 years and returned home, wept in front of her father's grave. When Yu Huaying was released from prison in 2009, Yang Niuhua was still searching for relatives.

"If Yu Huaying could have confessed to the other children she abducted and sold at that time, I should have been able to find my family sooner." After many years, Yang Niuhua's hatred towards Yu Huaying did not diminish at all. "My sister told me that my father smashed all the bricks I had prepared to build a house after I lost them, and the house was no longer built. I couldn't find them everywhere, so I started borrowing alcohol to relieve my worries. I passed away in 1997. My mother had mental problems and left the following year. My sister became an orphan, and after living with her grandmother and uncle for a few years, she also went out to work. After I was abducted, I was also abused by Yu Huaying. Later, I didn't go to elementary school." I dropped out of school after finishing reading

Yang Niuhua said that not only did Yu Huaying cause her family to perish, but she also failed to truthfully confess all her crimes after being arrested last time, resulting in her finding her loved ones 26 years later.

After reuniting with her family, Yang Niuhua reported to the Handan police, hoping that they could catch the human traffickers. Yang Niuhua said that after reporting the case, the Handan police conducted a preliminary investigation on the intermediary Wang Moufu at that time. Due to uncertainty about whether her father had reported a case locally in Guiyang, Yang Niuhua sought help from the Guiyang police. Finally, on June 6, 2022, the Nanming Branch of Guiyang Public Security Bureau launched an investigation into the case of Yang Niuhua being abducted and sold. 24 days later, Yu Huaying was caught in Dazu, Chongqing.

Yang Niuhua confronted Yu Huaying face-to-face in court, asking if she remembered herself. Yu Huaying said she did. "Then I told her firsthand that I called the police and eventually brought her to court. In court, I also demanded the death penalty for her because the harm you caused me cannot be compensated for with anything. For 26 years, I have always remembered your appearance."

Yu Huaying's Two Tears

Villagers and community workers all know more or less about Yu Huaying and Wang Mouwen. Several villagers told reporters that they knew about Yu Huaying's child trafficking outside and also knew that Wang Mouwen had been sentenced for stealing. The reporter learned that Wang Mouwen is currently missing and his registered residence has been cancelled several years ago. Some villagers also claim that Wang Mouwen is still alive, and they occasionally met him in the village before. Before being arrested, Yu Huaying came back to visit the house once, but no one greeted her.

Yu Huaying, who used to live by selling children and hide in Tibet, lived a stable and comfortable life when he was nearly 60 years old.

When she was arrested and brought to justice in 2023, she was playing mahjong at a tea house in a small town in Dazu.

The neighbors in the small town said that about four or five years ago, Yu Huaying married an old man surnamed Gu here and has been living in the town.

During the trial, Yu Huaying apologized twice to the abducted family, hoping to gain their understanding and a lighter punishment from the court. As for the civil compensation proposed by victims such as Yang Niuhua, she said she is willing to compensate, but her property only includes four tiled houses in her hometown, which she cannot afford.

During the first trial, Yu Huaying cried and choked up twice. One time, she mentioned that she had sold her biological son. She was emotional and wiped her tears with her hands; Another time was when the presiding judge asked about her daughter's school situation, and she choked up. Due to being constantly on the run, Yu Huaying felt guilty that her daughter did not attend school in a fixed place.