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广东省广州市天河区人民检察院

起 诉 书

天检公刑诉[2013] 2242号

    被告人刘远东，男，1978年3月30日出生，身份证号码441424197803300312，汉族，文化程度大学，户籍所在地为广东省五华县水寨镇居委镇政府宿舍。2013年3月11日因涉嫌抽逃出资罪被广州市公安局天河区分局刑事拘留。2013年4月3日经本院批准逮捕，同年4月4日被广州市公安局天河区分局逮捕。

    被告人杨景护，男，1973年7月14日出生，身份证号码440824197307145713，汉族，文化程度大学，户籍所在地为广州市海珠区金恒北一街34号2504房。2013年3月1日因涉嫌抽逃出资罪被广州市公安局天河区分局刑事拘留。2013年4月3日经本院批准逮捕，同年4月4日被广州市公安局天河区分局逮捕。

    本案由广州市公安局天河区分局侦查终结，以被告人刘远东、杨景护涉嫌虚假出资罪，于2013年6月3日向本院移送审查起诉；以被告人刘远东涉嫌聚众扰乱公共场所秩序罪，于2013年11月27日向本院补充移送审查起诉。本院受理后，已告知被告人有权委托辩护人，已告知被害人有权委托诉讼代理人。依法讯问了被告人，审查了全部案件材料。期间，退回广州市公安局天河区分局补充侦查二次，延长审查期限三次。

    经依法审查查明：

    一、聚众扰乱公共场所秩序罪

    被告人刘远东在2013年1月7日至本市广州大道中289号南方报业集团门口，采取举牌、演讲方式吸引了大批的围观群众，聚众扰乱公共场所秩序，聚集人员最多时达数百人，并阻碍民警执法，严重扰乱了公共场所秩序。当晚，刘远东联系到余刚等人并纠集他人参加之后的在上址的非法集会。2013年1月8日，余刚等人应邀至上址并有举牌、演讲、合影等行为，扰乱公共场所的秩序。同年1月9日，被告人刘远东再次到上址，用同样方式聚众扰乱公共场所秩序。

    二、虚报注册资本罪

    2011年11月至12月，被告人刘远东在没有实际出资的情况下，与广州市三吉财税咨询有限公司（下简称三吉公司）法定代表人、被告人杨景护协商，由被告人刘远东支付人民币6800元服务费，三吉公司负责代其向广州市工商行政管理局天河分局申请登记成立注册资本为人民币5 0万元的广东远奥生物科技有限公司（下简称远奥公司）。后三吉公司先出资人民币3万元用作远奥公司的注册资本，再申请增资至人民币50万元，上述公司经登记机关核准登记、颁发营业执照后，三吉公司将垫付的共人民币50万元注册资金转走。

    2011年11月至12月，胡绍耿（另案处理）在没有实际出资的情况下，经与三吉公司法定代表人、被告人杨景护协商，由被告人胡绍耿支付人民币8500元服务费，三吉公司负责代其向广州市工商行政管理局申请登记成立注册资本为人民币100万元的广州新锐摄影有限公司（下简称新锐公司）。后三吉公司出资人民币1 00万元用作新锐公司的注册资本，上述公司经登记机关核准登记、颁发营业执照后，三吉公司将垫付的共人民币100万元注册资金转走。

    2013年3月1日，被告人杨景护被抓获；同年3月11日，被告人刘远东被抓获。

    认定上述事实的证据如下：

    1、物证、书证；

    2、证人李闯、黄品乾、黄会杰、罗珊、余刚、陈金杨、张体超、杨惠清、蔡汝风、林清雅、麦月娇、胡绍耿等人的证言和辨认笔录；

    3、被告人刘远东、杨景护的供述与辩解；

    4、鉴定意见；

    5、视听资料。

    本院认为，被告人刘远东、杨景护无视国家法律，申请公司登记使用欺诈手段虚报注册资本，欺骗公司登记主管部门，取得公司登记，数额巨大，其行为共同触犯了《中华人民共和国刑法》第一百五十八条，犯罪事实清楚，证据确实充分，应当以虚报注册资本罪追究其刑事责任。被告人刘远东无视国家法律，聚众扰乱公共场所秩序，情节严重，是首要分子，其行为触犯了《中华人民共和国刑法》第二百九十一条，犯罪事实清楚，证据确实充分，应当以聚众扰乱公共场所秩序罪追究其刑事责任。被告人刘远东一人犯数罪，根据《中华人民共和国刑法》第六十九条之规定，应当数罪并罚。根据《中华人民共和国刑事诉讼法》第一百七十二条的规定，提起公诉，请依法判处。

                                      此致 

  广东省广州市天河区人民法院

                                        代理检察员：   杨帆

    附：

    1．被告人刘远东、杨景护现被羁押于广州市天河区看守所。

In an open letter addressed to all Chinese media workers, lawyers Chen Guangwu and Zhang Xuezhong call for public support for their client Guo Feixiong (pen name of Yang Maodong) whose participation in the January 2013 demonstration in support of a liberal newspaper has landed him (and others) in detention facing the charge of “disrupting public order.”

为了永不磨灭的光荣与梦想          ——就郭飞雄案致全体中国新闻人的公开信          

陈光武（郭飞雄的辩护人）          张雪忠（郭飞雄的辩护人）          

2013年初，《南方周末》的新年献词被几位可耻的官员违规篡改。一群热爱南周、富于南周精神和有良知的新闻人，勇敢地对违规篡改行为公开表示抗议，并呼吁人们对南周报社予以声援。          很多人在得知这一消息后，出于对新闻自由的珍视和对专横强权的愤怒，自发前往南周报社所在地，对南方周末表示支持和声援。其中，就包括郭飞雄、刘远东、袁兵、袁小华等人。这些人前往事件现场，只是为了坚守新闻自由的理念，而不是为了扰乱公共场所秩序。          

实际上，从2013年1月6日至9日，事件现场一直都有大量的警务人员。当时，警务人员和围观群众都能保持冷静和克制，从而有效维护了事件现场的秩序。大家不妨试想一下：如果郭飞雄等人的行为，真的构成扰乱公共秩序的犯罪，现场那么多的警察难道会对他们的犯罪行为坐视不理，并听任他们的犯罪行为一直持续四天之久？          

南周原初的新年献词被篡改，主要是因为其中包含了对宪政的彰扬。郭飞雄等人不畏强权，起而声援南方周末，不但是出于对新闻自由的认同与支持，而且也是出于对宪政民主的向往与追求。          

宪政的要义，是通过对政府权力的约束，实现对公民权利的保护。郭飞雄先生多年来的所作所为，从参与大石村罢免村官案，到声援南周的新闻自由，再到呼吁官员公开财产和敦促全国人大批准《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》，都是在伸张、争取和践行公民的政治权利。          

郭飞雄先生一直认为，政治权利是其它公民权利的起点，也是其它公民权利的保障，人们如能享有和行使政治权利，政府权力必然会受到约束，各项公民权利自然就能得到保障；但为了伸张和争取政治权利，人们必须首先起而践行政治权利；践行政治权利是伸张和争取政治权利的最有效途径，人们只有敢于和善于践行政治权利，才能将它们从纸面上的权利，转变为现实中的权利。          

因为传播和践行自由、民主、法治和宪政理念，郭飞雄先生过去就曾入狱五年，并屡遭强力部门极其残酷的折磨，但他从未放弃过自己的理想。在南周事件结束半年之后，广州警方即以纯粹莫须有的罪名，对郭飞雄等人秋后算账，进行彻头彻尾的政治迫害。而从郭飞雄等人被拘捕直到今天，曾受到这些人声援的南方周末报社，却从未为他们发出过任何声音。          

更让人震惊和不齿的是，南方报业传媒集团为了配合警方的指控，竟然出具了一份违背事实的情况说明，以满足聚众扰乱公共场所秩序罪的后果要件。当初南方报业传媒集团希望得到人们的声援，现在却说声援它的人影响了它的工作秩序，如此颠倒黑白、恩将仇报、助纣为虐的行为，竟然会出自一家有过良好声誉的公共新闻机构！          

很多人认为，在近一年前的南周事件之后，南方周末就已经死了。我不反对这一说法，但我同时认为，南方周末的死亡，并不意味着南周精神的死亡，因为南方周末已不再是南周精神的代表者，而是南周精神的背叛者。          

实际上，从我们所认识的那些在南周工作，或者曾在南周工作过的人身上，我们仍能体认到他们对新闻自由的珍视与坚守，仍能感受到他们心中不灭的光荣与梦想。我们相信，那曾激励和鼓舞过无数人的南周精神，永远也不会死去，而是将继续为我们提供前行的力量和希望。          

全体中国新闻界的师友们，南周事件一周年即将来临，郭飞雄等人的案件也即将进入审判阶段，我们作为郭飞雄的辩护人，非常希望你们能够再次展现新闻人的勇气和良知，对因追求宪政民主和国家进步而遭受迫害的郭飞雄等人，予以必要的关注和声援，并敦促广州司法机关不要在政治迫害的道路上越走越远。你们的关注和声援，或许有助于郭飞雄等人早日脱离冤狱。          

一年前，当中国仅有的些许新闻自由正遭受权力的野蛮摧残时，郭飞雄等人为捍卫新闻自由挺身而出，最终身陷大狱。今天，在南周事件一周年将至之际，如果所有的中国媒体，都对郭飞雄等人的冤案缄默无声，我们怎么还好意思告诉世人，中国毕竟还有一种叫做“新闻”的东西？          

Prominent Guangdong-based activist Guo Feixiong (penname of Yang Maodong) has been in detention in Tianhe, Guangzou, since August 8, 2013. In the Guangzhou police's "proposal for indictment" revealed online by a Weibo user, the police accuses him of "gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place" by organizing public protests in January 2013 against censorship of a New Year editorial by Southern Weekly and planning a series of public gatherings to call on China to ratify the International Covenant on Civli and Political Rights which China signed many years ago. Sun Desheng (孙德胜) faces the same charge as a fellow 'criminal suspect.' Read the proposal for indictment below in Chinese and English.

[Source of translation: http://www.siweiluozi.net/2013/12/translation-police-indictment-opinion.html]

Translation: Police Indictment Opinion for Guo Feixiong & Sun Desheng

Source:http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2013/12/201312261427.shtml

Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, Tianhe District Branch Opinion Recommending Indictment

GZ PSB Tianhe Indict. (2013) No. 03990

Criminal suspect Yang Maodong, male, born 2 August 1966, Han ethnicity, undergraduate university education, ID number: 42010219660802****, place of household registration: [redacted], Hanyang District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, currently lives at [redacted], Tianhe District, Guangzhou, no party affiliation. Placed under criminal detention on 8 August 2013 on suspicion of gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places. On 12 September 2013, the Guangzhou Municipality Tianhe District People’s Procuratorate approved arrest on suspicion of gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places, and the arrest was carried out on 12 September. On 25 October 2013, a request was approved to extend the custodial period for one month. Criminal suspect Yang Maodong is currently being held in the Tianhe Detention Center. Defense lawyer is Chen Guangwu, a lawyer with the Shandong Chenhao Law Firm. Criminal suspect Sun Desheng, a.k.a. Sun Sihuo, male, born 4 December 1981, Han ethnicity, elementary school education, ID number: 42112619811204****, place of household registration: [redacted], Juzilin Village, Qingshi Town, Qichun County, Huanggang, Hubei Province. Placed under criminal detention on 13 August 2013 on suspicion of gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places and placed under residential surveillance in a designated location on 11 September 2013. On 16 October 2013, the Guangzhou Municipality Tianhe District People’s Procuratorate approved arrest on suspicion of gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places, and the arrest was carried out on 16 October. Criminal suspect Sun Desheng is currently being held in the Tianhe Detention Center. Defense lawyer is Ge Wenxiu, a lawyer with the Guangdong Lüchengdingbang Law Firm, license number: [redacted]. The case of gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places involving criminal suspects Yang Maodong and Sun Desheng was discovered through work carried out by the Public Order Management Division of our bureau on 7 January 2013 and 17 April 2013, respectively. Following review by our bureau, cases were filed for investigation on 7 January and 17 April 2013. Criminal suspect Yang Maodong was taken into custody on 8 August 2013 and criminal suspect Sun Desheng was taken into custody on 13 August 2013. The investigation into the case of gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places involving criminal suspects Yang Maodong and Sun Desheng has now concluded. Investigation in accordance with law has ascertained: At approximately 5 p.m. on 5 January 2013, criminal suspect Yang Maodong organized more than 10 individuals including Yuan Xiaohua and Yuan Bing (both of whom have been arrested by [police in] Chibi, Hubei Province) to gather for a meal at the Fuhua Hotel in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, where criminal suspect Yang Maodong suggested they discuss their doubts over tampering with the Southern Weekly’s New Year greeting and expressed his own opinions. They discussed raising signs in the street to express support forSouthern Weekly, which received the support of criminal suspects Yuan Xiaohua, Yuan Bing et al. Criminal suspect Yang Maodong instructed someone to write posters saying “If Tuo [Zhen’s] Poison is not Eliminated, Guangdong Castrates Itself, Press Freedom, Constitutional Democracy,” “Support Southern Weekly, Defend Press Freedom,” and “The Chinese Dream is a Dream of Constitutionalism” and divided up the work with Yuan Bing et al. and came to an agreement about what to do in case of being taken into custody. Criminal suspect Yang Maodong arranged for more than 10 individuals including Yuan Bing and Yuan Xiaohua to go one after another from 6 January to 9 January 2013 to the gate of the Southern Weekly offices at 289 Guangzhou Avenue Central, where they raised signs and gave speeches to attract a large group of onlookers and gathered crowds to disrupt order in a public place. On the afternoons of the 7th, 8th, and 9th criminal suspect Yang Maodong went to the gate of the Southern Weeklyoffices, where he gave speeches or carried out “on the spot inspections.” At its largest, the gathered crowd numbered several hundred, and they obstructed police from enforcing the law and seriously disrupted order in the public space at the entrance to the Southern Weekly offices. Afterwards, criminal suspect Yang Maodong published several items on overseas media sites commenting on the “Southern Weekly New Year’s Greeting Incident.” In early April 2013, criminal suspect Yang Maodong conspired with criminal suspects Sun Desheng and Yuan Bing in the room where he was living in Changsha, Hunan, where they plotted to go from the origin of the 1911 Revolution in Wuhan, Hubei, and follow the Wuhan-Guangzhou rail line southward, carrying out “sign protests in the streets” in the cities of Wuhan, Yueyang, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Shaoguan, and Guangzhou, demanding that officials make their assets public and calling on the National People’s Congress to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Criminal suspect Yang Maodong prepared the items necessary for this action, including banners, a plan for the sign-raising activity, sign-raising times, an itinerary, and the names and contact information for contacts in each city. Beginning on 12 April 2013, criminal suspects Yuan Bing and Sun Desheng followed Yang Maodong’s instructions and carried out and photographed “sign protests in the streets” in the cities of Wuhan, Yueyang, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Hengyang, Chenzhou, Shaoguan, and Guangzhou in which they demanded that officials make their assets public and called on the National People’s Congress to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In each of the eight cities, they gathered crowds to disrupt order in public places and blocked police from enforcing the law. After raising signs in the streets of each city, criminal suspects Sun Desheng, Yuan Bing et al., under instruction from criminal suspect Yang Maodong, posted related photographs on overseas websites. Criminal suspect Sun Desheng has confessed to all of the the facts stated above, while criminal suspect Yang Maodong refuses to confess. The evidence affirming the facts stated above is as follows: collateral evidence, records of on-site investigation, records of remote investigation, witness statements, documentary evidence, on-site video recordings and photographs, and the statements and defense arguments of criminal suspects Yang Maodong and Sun Desheng. The aforementioned criminal facts are clear, and the evidence is clear and reliable; this is sufficient to convict. In summary, criminal suspects Yang Maodong and Sun Desheng gathered crowds to seriously disrupt order in a public place, thereby violating Article 291 of the Criminal Law of the PRC, involving the crime of organizing a crowd to disrupt order in a public place. In accordance with the provisions of Article 160 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China, this case is hereby transferred for review for indictment. Sincerely submitted to: Guangzhou Municipality Tianhe District People’s Procuratorate

Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau,

Tianhe District Branch

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10 December 2012