Dalian police detain award-winning science journalist for helping farmers petition over ruined cherry orchards
大连警方跨省刑拘知名科普记者，因其协助果农维权举报受害绝收樱桃园
- Dalian police traveled two thousand kilometers south to Xiamen to criminally detain award-winning investigative science writer Hong Guangyu on charges of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' after he helped ruined cherry farmers draft fraud petitions. 大连警方千里迢迢奔赴两千公里外的厦门，将屡获殊荣的调查科普作家洪广玉以“寻衅滋事罪”刑事拘留，因其曾协助遭遇绝收的樱桃果农起草控告诈骗的材料。
- Municipal authorities intervened to shield commercial supplier Dianlong after its agricultural chemicals killed 1,630 mu of orchards, arresting petitioning farmers Yu Kewei and Ji Xiaowei while courts stalled civil damages claims. 在大连点龙农资销售的农药致使当地1630亩樱桃树大面积枯死后，大连地方当局出面庇护涉事企业，不仅跨省抓捕协助维权的果农于克伟与纪晓伟，法院更无限期拖延民事赔偿诉讼。
- The Cyberspace Administration purged an investigative report by Caixin exposing Hong's arrest and the criminalization of petitioning growers, forcing the documentation into digital censorship archives. 国家网信办全面查删《财新》曝光洪广玉被抓及维权果农遭定罪逮捕的深度调查报道，迫使相关铁证转入数字审查档案馆。
Dalian Public Security Bureau officers traveled south to Xiamen to seize award-winning science journalist Hong Guangyu on criminal charges of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, Caixin and Tencent News reported. The retaliation struck without warning. Hong had assisted ruined cherry farmers in drafting formal petitions after unapproved chemicals distributed by Dalian Dianlong Agricultural Supplies killed more than 1,600 mu of orchards. Rather than investigating the adulterated products, local authorities deployed cross-jurisdictional predation to silence the writer, locking Hong in detention while censors scrubbed Caixin’s report from the domestic web.
The crackdown marks a calculated exercise in administrative criminalization backed by a subordinated judiciary. Justice moved in reverse. When orchardists Yu Kewei and Ji Xiaowei sued Dianlong over millions in losses, municipal officials convened an expert panel to blame fungal disease, trapping civil lawsuits in deadlocks. When growers refused to abandon petitions, prosecutors approved their arrest on identical public disorder charges. The maneuver re-runs the 2018 Hongmao Medicinal Liquor playbook, where regional police crossed provincial borders to jail a physician who warned consumers about fraudulent corporate tonics.
By weaponizing public security to shield municipal commercial interests, local authorities convert criminal law into private corporate protection. The message is chilling. When courts transform defrauded farmers into state enemies and jail journalists who help them petition, ordinary Chinese citizens face ruin without legal recourse. Real public security vanishes behind official collusion.
据《财新》与腾讯新闻报道，大连市公安局办案人员南下两千公里赶赴厦门，以涉嫌“寻衅滋事罪”将多次荣获新闻奖的科普记者洪广玉刑事拘留。报复行动来得迅猛而毫无征兆。此前，大连点龙农资销售的未获批违规农药导致当地1600余亩樱桃园毁于一旦，洪广玉协助走投无路的受害果农起草了正式控告信。然而，地方当局非但没有彻查掺杂使假的涉事农资，反而祭出跨省滥权抓捕手段封堵记者的声音，将洪广玉关进看守所，网信部门则同步在内网将《财新》的深度调查报道彻底封杀。
这场镇压是一场精心谋划的维权诉求犯罪化行径，其背后则是被深度扭曲的司法工具化。正义不仅迟到，而且完全逆行倒施。当受灾果农于克伟、纪晓伟起诉点龙农资索赔巨额损失时，地方官员召集专家组将祸因强行甩锅给天然真菌病害，使民事索赔深陷司法泥潭；而当果农拒绝放弃上访控告时，检察机关迅速批准以同样的寻衅滋事罪名将他们逮捕。这一连串操弄完全复制了2018年“鸿茅药酒”案的故伎——当年地方警方跨省越境，抓捕了一名发文提醒消费者警惕虚假企业宣传的医生。
通过将公安警权武器化来充当地方商业利益的保护伞，地方当局公然将国家刑法私有化为保护涉事企业的防弹衣。这释放出的信号令人不寒而栗。当司法机关将遭遇欺诈破产的果农打成危害社会的阶级敌人，将协助他们依法控告的记者投入囹圄，普通中国公民在遭受灾难时将彻底丧失任何法治救济途径。在官商勾结的阴影下，真正的公共安全早已荡然无存。
The detention sparked intense dismay across Weibo, WeChat, and legal circles, where commentators condemned local authorities for turning criminal statutes into private security services for favored companies. Netizens drew grim parallels to previous cross-provincial police raids: 'If you cannot solve the adulterated chemical problem, solve the farmers and the journalist who investigated it.' Others noted the fatal chill cast over professional journalism: 'Hong won three Beijing Journalism Awards and only helped cheated farmers draft petitions. If that is a crime, the message is that no citizen may offer legal assistance to the weak.'
此次拘捕在微博、微信及法律界激起巨大震动与悲凉，舆论谴责地方当局将刑法工具异化为特定利益企业的私人护院。网民翻出当年多起臭名昭著的跨省抓捕旧案怒斥道：“解决不了假冒伪劣农药问题，就解决受害果农和调查真相的记者。”更多媒体人指出此案对专业新闻界造成的致命寒蝉效应：“洪广玉曾三次荣获北京新闻奖，他只不过是帮走投无路的受害农民代写控告信。如果连这都能构成犯罪，传递出的信号就是：任何公民都不得向弱势群体提供法律援助。”
Cyberspace Administration monitors moved aggressively to scrub reporting on the case. Caixin's original investigative exposé published on October 6 was deleted within hours, its canonical link redirected to an internal 404 error page before China Digital Times preserved the full text. On Weibo, discussions under hashtags relating to Hong Guangyu and Dalian cherry orchards were throttled, while provincial media comment sections were locked to prevent public expressions of solidarity.
国家网信办开足马力封杀有关该案的报道。《财新》于10月6日发表的原创深度调查报道在数小时内即被勒令删除，原文链接跳转至404报错页面，“中国数字时代”随后对全文进行了完整归档。在微博上，与“洪广玉”及“大连樱桃”相关的标签讨论遭遇流量限流，辽宁省内媒体账号的评论区被悉数锁定，以防公众自发展开声援。
Between 2021 and 2022, over 1,630 mu of high-value cherry trees withered and died across Dalian's Jinpu New Area and Wafangdian after farmers applied chemical cocktails marketed by Dalian Dianlong Agricultural Supplies. Independent laboratory analysis by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics confirmed unlisted surfactant additives and unapproved copper compounds, yet a municipal task force issued an expert finding attributing the die-off to natural fungal disease. Hong Guangyu previously gained national prominence in 2018 for analyzing the infamous Hongmao Medicinal Liquor scandal, where Inner Mongolia police similarly conducted a cross-provincial arrest of a physician who criticized the company's health claims.
2021年至2022年间，大连市金普新区与瓦房店市超过1630亩高经济价值的樱桃树，在使用了大连点龙农资销售调配的药剂组合后出现大面积萎蔫死亡。中国科学院大连化学物理研究所的独立检测证实，药剂中含有隐瞒未标注的表面活性剂及未获批的铜制剂成分；然而大连市官方工作组却出具专家鉴定，将果树死亡归咎于自然真菌病害。洪广玉此前曾因深度剖析2018年轰动全国的“鸿茅药酒案”而备受关注，当时内蒙古警方同样跨省抓捕了一名发文质疑该药酒保健功效的广州医生。