Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia


Article Images

Line 3:

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Mutiny on ''Lurongyu 2682''}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

The [[mutiny]] and [[mass murder]] on '''''Lurongyu 2682''''' ({{lang-zh|[[Shandong|鲁]][[Rongcheng, Shandong|荣]]渔2682号}}), a Chinese [[squid]]-[[jigging]] [[Fishing trawler|trawler]], took place in the [[South Pacific Ocean|South Pacific]] SeaOcean between June and July&nbsp;2011. A group of crewmen from the ship, led by Liu Guiduo, seized control of the ship from their captain. Of the 33 men on board, 16 were killed and 6 jumped [[Man overboard|overboard]] (and are [[legally dead|presumed dead]]).<ref name=usatoday>{{cite news|title=Horror on high seas: Deadly tale told at China trial|date=2013-09-05|last=MacLeod|first=Calum |work=[[USA Today]]|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/04/china-ship-of-horrors/2650611/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903013938/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/09/04/china-ship-of-horrors/2650611/|archivedate=2014-09-03}}</ref><ref name=sydneyherald>{{cite news|titleaccessdate=Mutiny and mass murder on China's fishing fleet|date=20132024-0903-07|last=MacLeod|first=Calum|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]27|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/mutiny-and-mass-murder-on-chinas-fishing-fleet-20130906-2taee.html|archiveurlstatus=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019102529/http://www.smh.com.au/world/mutiny-and-mass-murder-on-chinas-fishing-fleet-20130906-2taee.html|archivedate=2013-10-19live}}</ref> The captain cooperated with the hijackers in the later stage of the mutiny when they convinced him to sail and illegally emigrate to Japan.

Eleven crew members returned to China. In 2013, these crew members were convicted of murder, with five receiving death sentences, including the captain.<ref name=chinadaily>{{cite news |title=Five sentenced to death for murder |date=2013-07-20|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-07/20/content_16806156.htm|work=[[China Daily]]|agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|accessdate=2020-10-13}}</ref> An interview with Duan Zhifang (the first of the convicted crew) to be released went viral, and the events have been adapted into a radio drama and a visual novel.

==Background==

Line 17:

===Initial voyage and discontent===

On 27 December 2010, the ''Lurongyu 2682'' departed from Port Shidao (石島), located in [[Rongcheng City]], [[Shandong Province]], [[China]], for squid [[Jigging|jigging]]. The ship arrived inoff the [[coast of Peru Sea]] in February&nbsp;2011 and began jigging operations. The crew complained about the working environment and by May&nbsp;2011 they became discontent and suspicious about the company. They assumed that the company would violate the contract by deducting their salaries. Liu Guiduo expressed his concern to Captain Li Chengquan and requested that they immediately return to China. Li refused to do so.<ref name="personal account"/>

==Mutiny==

{{refimprove|section|date=May 2021}}

On 16&nbsp;June 2011, while the ship was in the [[ChileChilean Sea]], Liu led a group of 11 crewmen to hijack the ship. They forced their way into the captain's cabin and beat Li with a stick. Chief Cook Xia Qiyong heard the disturbance and rushed to Li's cabin with a kitchen knife, and was killed by the mutineers. The crew did not believe that there would be another killing and decided to claim that Xia had fallen into the sea by himself.

The mutineers forced Li to sail back to China, keeping him under watch. Concerned about further interference and acts of revenge for Xia's killing, they disabled the ship's communications and locked all knives, lifeboats and life jackets. Several weeks passed quietly: the ship rounded [[Hawaii]] and was a couple weeks from China. Liu was then informed that the ship was consuming fuel at an abnormally high rate and that the auxiliary engines had failed. Crewman Bo Fujin told Liu that Chief Engineer Wen Dou and others who were personally close to Li were planning a revolt, and asked Liu to spare them.<ref name="personal account"/>

On 20&nbsp;July 2011, Liu ordered the mutineers to kill all the crewmen who he believed were trying to revolt.<ref name=usatoday /> Under the cover of loud music, they killed nine men, stabbing them on the ship's deck and throwing their bodies into the sea. The victims included Bo, as Liu was uncertain of his loyalty. Liu personally killed the [[second mate]], and made certain that each of the mutineers had taken part in a murder.<ref name="personal account"/>

Liu decided not to return to China. He told the mutineers that they would instead illegally immigrate to Japan. To facilitate this, Liu forced some of the crew to call their families by satellite phone to transfer money.<ref name=sixthtone>{{cite news |title=Mutiny and Murder on a Chinese Squid Ship |work=Sixth Tone |first=Kevin |last=Schoenmakers |date=11 February 2018 |url=https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1001703/mutiny-and-murder-on-a-chinese-squid-ship }}</ref> He said that the other crew members could return to China, and that he did not care if they testified against him. Nonetheless, there was great unease and suspicion following the mass killing. The following day, crewman Ma Yuchao was missing, and was believed to have jumped into the sea due to the atmosphere of terror.<ref name="personal account"/>

Bao DeBaodegejirihu, the leader of a close group of six mutineers who were from Inner Mongolia, felt that the killings would continue and that only those closest to Liu would be spared. He planned to revolt against Liu, but Liu learned of this. Liu convinced Li to join the mutineers and to avenge his murdered friends by killing BaoBaodegejirihu. On 24&nbsp;July 2011, while the ship was {{convert|1600|km|abbr=on}} from Japan,<ref name=sydneyheraldusatoday/> Liu tricked BaoBaodegejirihu to come to the deck where BaoBaodegejirihu was killed by Li and Cui Yong, another crewmembercrew member who had joined the mutineers. BaoBaodegejirihu shouted for help but none of his allies responded. That night, BaoBaodegejirihu's five men were systematically murdered.

Following this, there were eleven crew alive on the ship, each of whom had killed. Liu told them to blame the killings on Baodegejirihu and his men, and to say that the killers escaped with a lifeboat. To ensure their cooperation, Liu threatened harm to their families, whose addresses he had obtained from the ship's records.<ref name="personal account"/>

The following morning, the ship's engine room was found to be flooded and the second engineer, Wang Yanlong, was missing. It was presumed that Wang jumped into the sea after sabotaging the ship. Liu had the lifeboats unlocked and prepared and Liu and Li repaired the communication equipment to send an [[SOS signal]]. During this activity, the first officer and three crewmen escaped in a lifeboat. The ship was adrift but a [[sea anchor]] allowed it to intercept the lifeboat in the current. The mutineers threw squid hooks, destroying the lifeboat and injuring those on it. Three of the men swam away while another begged for his life. Liu had this man rescued and then ordered his murder by the last two of the crew who had not yet killed anyone.

FollowingIn thisAugust, therea were[[Japan elevenCoast crewGuard]] aliveboat onassisted theLurongyu ship,2682 eachwith ofproblems whombecoming had killed[[underway]]. LiuSuspicious toldabout themthe tosmall blame the killingscrew on BaoLurongyu, andthe hisJapan men,Coast andGuard to say thatcontacted the killers[[China escapedCoast with a lifeboatGuard]].<ref Toname=usatoday ensure their cooperation, Liu threatened harm to their families, whose addresses he had obtained from the ship's records./> A rescue team from the [[China Coast Guard]], which had received the distress signal, arrived after a few days and towed the ship back to China.<ref name="personal account"/>

==Perpetrators==

[[File:Last_11_people_in_Lurongyu_2682.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The 11 perpetrators. From left to right: Mei Linsheng, Li Chengquan, Feng Xingyan, Liu Guiduo, Jiang Xiaolong, Huang Jinbo, Duan Zhifang, Xiang Lishan, Cui Yong, Liu Chengjian and Wang Peng.]]

* Liu Guiduo (刘贵夺), age 26

* Jiang Xiaolong (姜晓龙), age 35

* Liu Chengjian (刘成建), age 24

* Huang Jinbo (黄金波), age 20

* Li Chengquan (李承权), age 42

* Xiang Lishan (项立山), age between 50-60

* Wang Peng (王鹏), age unconfirmed

* Feng Xingyan (冯兴艳), age unconfirmed

* Cui Yong (崔勇), age unconfirmed

* Mei Linsheng (梅林盛), age unconfirmed

* Duan Zhifang (段志芳), age unconfirmed

==Victims==

{{Multiple image|perrow=5|total_width=300

| image1 = Song Guochun.jpg

| image2 = Xia Qiyong.jpg

| image3 = Ma Yuchao.jpg

| image4 = Wu Guozhi.jpg

| image5 = Wen Dou.jpg

| footer = Five victims with photos, other 17 people have no photos due to limited resources. From left to right: Song Guochun, Xia Qiyong, Ma Yuchao, Wu Guozhi and Wen Dou.

}}

===Murdered===

{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}

* Baodegejirihu (包德格吉日胡), age 27

* Dai Fushun (戴福顺), age 21

* Xia Qiyong (夏琦勇), age 40

* Wen Dou (温斗), age 34

* Wen Mi (温密), age 36

* Yue Peng (岳朋), age 45

* Liu Gang (刘刚), age 32

* Wang Yongbo (王永波), age 48

* Jiang Shutao (姜树涛), age 27

* Chen Guojun (陈国军), age 45

* Bo Fujun (薄福军), age 33

* Wu Guozhi (吴国志), age 42

* Shan Guoxi (单国喜), age 42

* Qiu Ronghua (邱荣华), age 40

* Bao Baocheng (包宝成), age 36

* Song Guochun (宋国春), age 44

{{Div col end}}

===Missing===

{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}

* Shuang Xi (双喜), age 28

* Ding Yumin (丁玉民), age 42

* Fu Yizhong (付义忠), age 42

* Wang Yanlong (王延龙), age 48

* Ma Yuchao (马玉超), age 25

* Gong Xuejun (宫学军), age 41

{{Div col end}}

==Legal proceedings==

All eleven surviving crewmembers were detained by police when they returned to Shidao on 12&nbsp;August 2011.<ref name=usatoday/> They initially followed Liu Guiduo's instructions, denied any killing, and blamed the deaths on Bao DeBaodegejirihu and his friends. Later, all except Liu Guiduo confessed.▼

{{Unreferenced-section|date=May 2021}}

▲All eleven surviving crewmembers were detained by police when they returned to Shidao on 12&nbsp;August 2011.<ref name=usatoday/> They initially followed Liu Guiduo's instructions, denied any killing, and blamed the deaths on Bao De and his friends. Later, all except Liu Guiduo confessed.

On 19 March 2013, a court in [[Weihai City]], Shandong Province, announced the sentence of the eleven convicted, as follows:

Line 43 ⟶ 97:

*Liu Guiduo, Jiang Xiaolong, Liu Chengjian, and Huang Jinbo were found guilty of murder and ship hijacking and sentenced to death.

*Li Chengquan was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death;

*Wang Peng was found guilty of murder and of ship hijacking, withand asentenced combinedto [[Death sentence ofwith reprieve|death, with 2 years probationreprieve]].

*Feng Xingyan was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison;

*Mei Linsheng and Cui Yong were found guilty of murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison;

Line 49 ⟶ 103:

*Duan Zhifang was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 4 years in prison.

On 23 March 2017, the Supreme Court of China authorized the death penalty of Liu Guiduo, Jiang Xiaolong, Liu Chengjian, Huang Jinbo, Li Chengquan, and Wang Peng.<ref name=death_auth>{{citationcite news |title=最高法核准"太平洋大逃杀案"5主犯死刑 致16人死6人失踪 needed|date=December2018-02-09|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2018-02-08/doc-ifyrkrva5497620.shtml|work=[[Sina 2020Corporation]]|agency=[[Xinhua News Agency]]|accessdate=2022-01-23|language=zh}}</ref>

==Reaction==

Families of most deceased crew members received compensation from Xinfa.<ref name=usatoday/> The government promised to strengthen regulations and enforcement regarding fishing safety, training, and labour disputes.<ref name=usatoday/>

One anonymous crewmate, once released, was interviewed by a reporter named Du Qiang. His account of the mutiny was published as a 17,000 character story in January&nbsp;2016, and was later translated into English by Nicky Harman and Emily Jones.<ref name="personal account">{{cite magazine|last=Du|first=Qiang |title=Massacre in the Pacific: A Personal Account|magazine=[[Words Without Borders]]|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/december-2019-true-crime-massacre-in-the-pacific-personal-account-du-qiang|translator-last1=Harman|translator-first1=Nicky |translator-link=Nicky Harman |translator-last2=Jones|translator-first2=Emily |date=December 2019}} The original source is {{cite magazine|last=Du|first=Qiang |url=http://www.esquire.com.cn/2016/0114/233205.shtml |title=太平洋大逃杀亲历者自述|date=2016-01-14 |magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |edition=China|language=zh-hans |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814112318/http://www.esquire.com.cn/2016/0114/233205.shtml |archivedate=2017-08-14}}</ref> It became an Internet hit that attracted 30 million views and 100,000 comments on [[Sina Weibo]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wang |first=Xiao |title=特稿《太平洋大逃杀亲历者自述》的创作特色分析 |journal=Xin Wen Zhi Shi |url=http://www.cqvip.com/QK/82115X/20166/669217849.html |script-journal=zh:新闻知识|trans-journal=News Research |issue=6|year=2016|pages=86–88|issn=1003-3629}}</ref> A monograph, based on a separate interview with the released crewman, was written by a legal journalist and published in August&nbsp;2016.<ref name="Guo Guosong">{{cite book|last=Guo |first=Guosong |year=2016 |script-title=zh:太平洋大劫杀 |trans-title=The Great Hijack and Murder in the Pacific |publisher=The People's Publishing House Oriental Publishing}}</ref>

On 25 October 2018, the events were loosely adapted into a [[visual novel]] titled ''One-Way Ticket'' and released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] by the Chinese indie game company Zodiac Interactive.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.gamersky.com/news/201810/1115662.shtml |title = 国产AVG《单程票》Steam正式发售 带你体验真实的海上大逃杀 |editor = 短笛酱 |date = 2018-10-25 |work = GamerSky.com |language = zh-cn |accessdate = 2019-01-12 }}</ref> For marketing purposes, the plotsetting and the characters were designedmade to be Japanese, causing a reaction in Japan.<ref>{{cite news|last=Watanabe|first=Senshū |title=中華ゲーム見聞録：実際の中国漁船虐殺事件が題材のADV『One-Way Ticket / 単程票』登場人物は全員日本人？|date=2018-11-04|work=Game*Spark

|url=https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2018/11/04/85039.html|language=ja|accessdate=2020-10-13}}</ref>

This case has been tried twice to be adapted into a movie: the first time in October 2016, but the filming was terminated due to failure to obtain filming approval from [[National Radio and Television Administration]] (NRTA);<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-01-09 |title="鲁荣渔2682号惨案"电影难获拍摄批文 翁子光"海祭"敲定金城武 过亿投资被叫停 |url=http://news.mtime.com/2017/01/08/1565216.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416192916/http://news.mtime.com/2017/01/08/1565216.html |archivedate=2018-04-16 |access-date=2019-01-07 |publisher=时光网}}</ref> the second time in May 2017,<ref>{{cite news |date=2017-05-08 |title=电影《海噬》开机 蔡中原演绎别样生存之战 |url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2017-05-08/doc-ifyeychk7141119.shtml |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230602190720/http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/2017-05-08/doc-ifyeychk7141119.shtml |archivedate=2023-06-02 |accessdate=2023-06-02 |work=新浪娱乐 |language=zh-cn}}</ref> and obtained approval from NRTA approved the online movie launch<ref>{{cite web |author1=最高检影视中心 |date=2022-08-10 |title=2022年7月网剧、网络电影、微短剧、网络动画片"上线备案通过片目" |url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8GJy5qva2w0i-qdM3j_yOA |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230602191403/https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8GJy5qva2w0i-qdM3j_yOA |archivedate=2023-06-02 |accessdate=2023-06-02 |website=微信公众平台 |language=zh-cn}}</ref> and was scheduled to be broadcast exclusively on [[Tencent Video]] on May 27, 2023,<ref>{{cite news |author1=吴丰丰 |date=2023-05-25 |title=年度犯罪悬疑电影《远航》5月27日腾讯视频独播，公海狂飙有去无回 |url=http://www.southyule.com/film/2023-05-25/51635.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230602191611/http://www.southyule.com/film/2023-05-25/51635.html |archivedate=2023-06-02 |accessdate=2023-06-02 |work=南方娱乐网 |language=zh-cn }}</ref> but it was still taken offline at the last moment.<ref>{{cite web |author1=春秋煮日月 |date=2023-05-31 |title=根据真实事件改编电影《远航》又撤档了！再看原事件依然恐怖！ |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/680712328_121730964 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230602192815/https://www.sohu.com/a/680712328_121730964 |archivedate=2023-06-02 |accessdate=2023-06-02 |website=搜狐新闻 |language=zh-cn}}</ref>

==References==

Line 66 ⟶ 122:

*{{cite book|last=Guo |first=Guosong |year=2016 |script-title=zh:太平洋大劫杀 |trans-title=The Great Hijack and Murder in the Pacific |publisher=The People's Publishing House Oriental Publishing}} (The author is a legal journalist, the former senior reporter of ''[[Southern Weekly]]'' and former executive chief editor of ''[[Legal Weekly]]''.)

[[Category:2011 crimes in China]]▼

[[Category:2011 murders in Oceania]]

[[Category:21st-century executions by China]]

[[Category:History of the Pacific Ocean]]

[[Category:June 2011 crimes in Asia]]

[[Category:July 2011 crimes in Asia]]

[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2011|Lurongyu 2682]]

[[Category:Maritime incidents in China|Lurongyu 2682]]

[[Category:Mass murder in 2011]]

[[Category:21st-century mass murder in China]]

[[Category:MutiniesNaval mutinies|Lurongyu 2682]]

▲[[Category:2011 crimesmurders in China]]

[[Category:Hijackings in 2011]]

[[Category:Hijackings in Asia]]

[[Category:June 2011 events in China]]

[[Category:July 2011 events in China]]