Over a decade ago, a group of young and passionate individuals in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China, bravely put forward their political demands – “Abolish one-party dictatorship and establish a democratic China.” Since then, they have endured brutal persecution, imprisonment, and even disappearance. Jia Pin, born in 1989, is one of them.
Jia Pin, born in 1989 in Nanyang, Henan, was a prominent figure in the Southern Street Movement. He publicly held signs with messages like “Democracy, freedom, human rights, constitutionalism,” “Refuse to be represented, we want ballots,” and “A political party is not equal to the country, the CCP does not represent the people.” Due to his long-standing efforts to advocate for democracy and human rights in China, he has been repeatedly arrested and detained by the authorities.
On November 19, 2015, Jia Pin protested the illegal trial of democracy rights activists Wang Mo and Xie Wenfei by the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court. Subsequently, he faced strong eviction by the authorities in Guangzhou and Dongguan, living in a state of constant displacement, experiencing immense mental pressure, and severe damage to his physical and mental health.
Wang Mo, also known as “Knife King Mo,” is a practitioner of the Southern Street Movement. On October 3, 2014, he was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for supporting the Occupy Central movement by holding banners in Guangzhou.
Multiple sources indicate that on September 24, 2022, on the eve of the CCP’s “Twentieth Congress,” Jia Pin was forcibly taken away by the Henan police while visiting friends in Beihai, Guangxi. Since then, he has been completely out of contact, with a disappearance lasting for 3 years and 6 months. His Twitter account on X platform ceased updating on September 24, 2022.
The forced disappearance of Jia Pin has sparked strong external attention. Recently, Jia Pin’s friends and dissenters in the Southern Street Movement, Xie Wenfei, initiated a widespread online search for Jia Pin, which received a significant response.
Xie Wenfei wrote on the X platform, “Since the day I was released from prison on October 29, 2024, I have been continuously inquiring about Jia Pin’s whereabouts, but to no avail.” “Please pay attention, dear netizens. We are closely monitoring the disappearances of public figures like lawyer Gao Zhisheng and conscientious criminal Jia Pin. We strongly condemn all crimes of forced disappearance!”
On March 28, members of the New York New People’s Party took to the streets of New York, delivering speeches, shouting slogans, and initiating the “Focus on the Disappeared in China – Find Jia Pin” campaign. They strongly condemned the evil deeds of the CCP, expressing their commitment to continue addressing the issue of disappeared persons in China and urgently searching for one of the key figures of the Southern Street Movement – Mr. Jia Pin!
One of the founders of the New People’s Party, Yang Maosen, stated in an interview with Epoch Times that there are too many tragedies related to democracy and human rights in China, leading to a fragmented situation. Jia Pin is a political prisoner who has been persecuted and disappeared for three and a half years, and the CCP must provide an explanation. Because disappearances involve many evils and anti-human crimes by the CCP.
Yang Maosen mentioned that he had seen Jia Pin many times during the heyday of the Southern Street Movement in Guangzhou in 2012 and 2013. “He was a slightly shy young man, tall and thin, from Nanyang, Henan, and a very kind person.”
“They are a group of spirited individuals. They have no fixed abode, struggle for basic needs, and still engage in activities on the Southern Street. I greatly admire them.”
“They have been living a very difficult life, persisting for so many years. We have a responsibility and duty to know where they are, especially considering Jia Pin’s later struggles with depression and long-term persecution. That’s why we are concerned about him,” Yang Maosen said.
He particularly pointed out that there are many individuals like Jia Pin who have disappeared. Apart from human rights lawyers Gao Zhisheng, Tong Qiaoyu, and the Blank Girl Li Kangmeng, there are many ordinary people. Like countless Hu Xinyu, there are many cases of missing students in China, who are very young and are linked to theft, robbery of human organs, and forced organ harvesting.
Yang Maosen believes that if the CCP did not commit crimes like forced organ harvesting, disappearances might have been considered as ordinary accidents. However, the CCP constantly engages in the theft of human organs, going as far as selling organs and tissues of the deceased, making them an extremely criminal group. We have no reason to believe them. These individuals who have made real contributions to China’s democracy and human rights should not be written off as personal misfortunes; we are being too indifferent.
Dissident Yang Chong, in an interview with Epoch Times, analyzed that Jia Pin may have been forcibly detained in a mental hospital. He had been arrested multiple times, and his mental state was already fragile before his disappearance. The Communist Party often resorts to sending perfectly healthy individuals to mental institutions. This is a highly likely scenario.
Yang Chong expressed that currently, whether it’s the Southern Street Movement, the New Citizens Movement, or the activities of the Democratic Party, they have all basically come to a halt under the brutal suppression of the CCP. With Xi Jinping in power, everyone needs to be vigilant.
Xie Wenfei confirmed to reporters recently that there has been no substantial progress in finding Jia Pin. While the possibility of being held in a mental hospital has been preliminarily ruled out, it is not convenient to disclose details. Because he is not a family member, contacting the Henan public security and judicial authorities is simply ignored.
It is worth noting that after the online search for Jia Pin, the Chinese number 18689431364, which Jia Pin used and had been inactive, suddenly registered a new account on Telegram. Yang Maosen believes it may have been a case of hijacking, as the China Security Bureau is known for such dirty deeds. The CCP’s internet influencers are also whitewashing the situation, claiming he has left for the US, deflecting attention from the CCP’s responsibility. By slandering him as having absconded, we must demand accountability from the CCP.
Regarding the progress on the issue of missing persons in China and the search for Jia Pin, this website will continue to monitor closely.