Inner Mongolia court acquits Beijing startup executives detained 1,327 days in cross-provincial asset raid
内蒙古法院宣判无罪：北京初创高管跨省遭拘1327天，查封企业资产案终落幕
- The Xilinhot People's Court acquitted Xuelixingqiu founder Ren Bo and four colleagues of pyramid selling charges after police held them in pre-trial detention for 1,327 days. 锡林浩特市人民法院对“学力星球”创始人任博及四名高管涉嫌组织、领导传销活动案一审宣判无罪，此前警方已将他们超期羁押长达1327天。
- Inner Mongolia public security officers launched the cross-provincial raid against the Beijing firm despite capital market regulators formally clearing the company of misconduct. 尽管首都市场监管部门此前已出具调查结论认定该企业合规经营，内蒙古公安部门仍跨省突袭了这家北京企业并实施抓捕。
- The case highlights the surge in predatory cross-provincial asset raids, termed 'offshore fishing,' where cash-strapped local authorities seize private corporate bank accounts to plug municipal fiscal deficits. 该案凸显了俗称“远洋捕捞”的跨省掠夺性执法泛滥成灾，财政枯竭的地方当局肆意冻结并划扣外地民营企业银行账户，以填补地方财政窟窿。
The Xilinhot People’s Court in Inner Mongolia acquitted the founder and four executives of Beijing educational app Xuelixingqiu after police detained them for 1,327 days on trumped-up charges, Caixin and NetEase reported. The trial ended a nightmare. Judges ordered thirty-two-year-old entrepreneur Ren Bo and his staff released, unfreezing thirty-nine million yuan in seized corporate capital. Xilin Gol League police had raided the firm’s Beijing offices in February 2023, claiming jurisdiction from one local user despite Beijing regulators clearing the business of all misconduct.
The prolonged ordeal exposes the machinery of institutional predation as inland regional governments turn criminal law into a revenue generator. Fiscal desperation drove the raid. Facing severe debt strains, police departments across interior provinces have revived asset-stripping tactics reminiscent of Chongqing’s 2009 ‘strike black’ campaigns, deploying pretextual criminalization against profitable private companies in coastal metropolises. Bureaucrats reclassify normal referral discounts as pyramid fraud to confiscate corporate bank balances. While five executives walked free, three years of arbitrary detention shattered their startup.
By running predatory shakedowns against private businesses, local authorities dismantle legal protections that shield ordinary citizens from arbitrary administrative extortion. Immunity remains a luxury. When county and league budgets collapse, the police badge operates as an extraction tool rather than an instrument of justice. The rare acquittal offers little systemic deterrence because prosecutors face zero penalties for jailing innocent citizens to balance local books.
据财新网与网易报道，在被警方以莫须有罪名羁押长达1327天后，内蒙古锡林浩特市人民法院一审宣判北京在线教育应用“学力星球”创始人及四名高管无罪。这场漫长的法庭审判终结了一场噩梦。法官裁定现年32岁的创业者任博及其核心团队当庭释放，并解冻此前被查扣的3900万元企业资产。早在2023年2月，锡林郭勒盟警方仅凭当地一名普通用户的投诉便主张管辖权突袭了该公司北京总部，而在此之前，北京市监管部门早已明确调查确认该公司不存在违法违规行为。
这起漫长的冤狱将体制性掠夺的运转机器暴露无遗——内陆地方政府正在将刑事法律彻底异化为搜刮财政收入的敛财工具。财政枯竭正是这起跨省远洋捕捞的直接推手。面对沉重的化债压力，中西部省份的公安部门重新拾起了类似2009年重庆“打黑”式的资产抄没手段，对沿海大城市的盈利民企实施借口式刑事定罪。官僚们将正常的互联网分销推广佣金定性为传销犯罪，借此肆无忌惮地查封企业银行账户。尽管五名企业高管最终重获自由，但长达三年的非法羁押已经让这家初创企业彻底化为乌有。
通过对民营企业展开敲诈勒索式的掠夺执法，地方当局彻底摧毁了保护普通公民免受行政滥权侵害的法律防线。在体制面前，司法豁免权成了不可奢求的特权。当县旗一级的财政预算濒临崩溃，警徽不再是伸张正义的象征，而沦为了搜刮民间财富的提款工具。这一罕见的无罪判决难以形成任何制度性震慑，因为即便通过罗织罪名关押无辜公民来平衡地方账目，背后的检控官员也无需承担任何实质追责代价。
The acquittal triggered widespread celebration and intense outrage across Weibo, Zhihu, and WeChat over the unchecked power of local police to destroy private businesses. Netizens reacted with bitter disbelief at the four-year imprisonment: 'Acquitted after 1,327 days, but who will compensate for three and a half years of stolen youth?' Commentators pointed out the stark economic motive behind the cross-provincial raid: 'When local government land sales collapse and treasuries run dry, the police badge becomes an offshore fishing rod to haul in private enterprise cash.' Others highlighted the complete disregard for legal boundaries: 'Beijing market supervisors investigated and confirmed the business was fully compliant, yet an interior police department hundreds of miles away dragged the founders to Inner Mongolia simply because they had thirty-nine million yuan in the bank.'
这起无罪判决在微博、知乎和微信上引发了公众的普遍欣慰与强烈愤慨，舆论对地方警察摧毁民营企业的无约束权力展开猛烈抨击。网民对这长达近四年的牢狱之灾感到悲愤与荒谬：“羁押1327天后宣判无罪，可谁来赔偿这被生生剥夺的三年半青春？”评论人士一针见血地指出跨省办案背后赤裸裸的经济动机：“当地方政府卖地收入断崖式暴跌、财政库房见底时，警徽就成了伸向外地民企吸金的‘远洋捕捞’钓竿。”还有人指出司法管辖边界的彻底崩塌：“北京市场监管部门调查认定公司完全合法合规，千里之外的内陆警方仅仅因为查到账上有3900万元存款，就强行把创始人抓到了内蒙古草原。”
Cyberspace authorities strictly contained broader online discussions linking the case to systemic municipal debt and local government insolvency. On Sina Weibo, topic tags such as #XuelixingqiuAcquittal# (#学力星球案一审宣判无罪#) and hashtags mentioning 'offshore fishing' (*远洋捕捞*) were stripped from trending search lists. Comment sections under domestic legal articles were placed on manual review or restricted to verified accounts. Propaganda directives instructed media outlets to frame the ruling strictly as an isolated victory for judicial accuracy rather than evidence of predatory revenue extraction by cash-starved local security organs.
网信部门对将该案与地方系统性债务危机及基层财政破产相联系的深层网络讨论实施了严格管控。在新浪微博上，诸如“#学力星球案一审宣判无罪#”以及提及“远洋捕捞”的话题标签被撤下热搜榜单。国内法律专栏文章下的评论区被开启“评论精选”或仅限认证用户发言。宣传指令要求各媒体严格将该判决定性为个别司法纠偏与审判公正的孤立胜利，严禁将其解读为财政吃紧的地方安全机关为创收而开展的掠夺性执法。
Cross-provincial asset enforcement, colloquially dubbed 'offshore fishing' (*远洋捕捞*), has escalated into a severe crisis for China's private sector as regional governments struggle under trillions in local debt. Under China's Criminal Procedure Law, police can claim jurisdiction over online business disputes based solely on the location of a single user. Interior public security bureaus have systematically exploited this loophole to target profitable tech startups in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong, freezing corporate escrow accounts and extracting non-tax confiscation revenue (*罚没收入*). The Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce previously submitted emergency policy briefings warning that outside police raids had disrupted operations at thousands of private firms across the province.
俗称“远洋捕捞”的跨省趋利性执法已演变为中国民营经济的一大公害，其背后是地方政府在数万亿隐性债务重压下的财政挣扎。依照中国《刑事诉讼法》相关规定，警方仅凭单一用户的所在地便可对网络涉案纠纷主张刑事管辖权。中西部内陆公安机关系统性地利用这一制度漏洞，将目标对准北京、上海和广东等沿海发达省市盈利良好的科技初创公司，随意冻结企业资金账户并大肆划转非税罚没收入。广东省工商联此前曾提交紧急政策提案，疾呼外省警方的频繁跨省查封已经严重破坏了该省数千家民营企业的正常经营。