Recently, a group of 256 petitioners from Shaanxi Province collectively filed a lawsuit against various levels of procuratorates in Shaanxi for long-term systematic procedural inaction and other illegal and disciplinary issues. They demanded that the central inspection team supervise and correct the dereliction of duty issues and hold procuratorate officials at all levels accountable for their discipline and legal responsibilities.
These petitioners come from various areas in Shaanxi and are individuals and their family members who have suffered illegal infringement or unfair treatment by law enforcement and administrative authorities. They accused the Shaanxi provincial procuratorates of serious violations of discipline and law in handling mass complaints, appeals, and case reviews, such as procedural delays, dereliction of duty, and failure to investigate cases. Therefore, they reported these issues to the central inspection team by name.
The complainants include Li Naitang, Zhang Heping, Li Qihong, Du Shufang, Shi Xiujun, Wang Xiaoqin, Zhang Xiaojuan, Tao Lanmei, Zan Hengzhong, Zhang Minxia, and a total of 256 people.
One of the petitioners from Shaanxi, Li Qihong, told a reporter, “The judicial system in Shaanxi is completely corrupt, no action for a long time, acting recklessly, not fulfilling legal responsibilities according to the law, the government is completely idle! Judicial chaos, power above the law, ordinary people have nowhere to seek justice!”
Li Qihong filed complaints against the Shaanxi provincial procuratorate because his sister, Li Xuehui, was kidnapped and sold by village cadres and had her organs harvested. He submitted a formal complaint and a request for case supervision to the Xi’an Procuratorate’s reception hall and its disciplinary procuratorial group in August 2025, with evidence including responses from three levels of public security complaints. However, there has been no written legal response for almost a year, alleging that the public security does not investigate cases, suppresses them, and that the procuratorate also engages in systemic violations of the law in terms of not supervising according to the law.
He reported to the central inspection team, demanding lawful supervision by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate to investigate the above-mentioned criminal cases and designate the Ministry of Public Security for direct jurisdiction according to the “Regulations on the Procedures for Handling Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs.”
In early June 2016, Li Xuehui was deceived back to Yangxie Village, Puhua Town, Lantian County by her ex-husband Zhang Bo, where she was later sent to a detention center in Xi’an under a false name “Li Xiaohui.” Upon release, she was abducted to the home of Wang Zhen in Weinan City, where she was unlawfully detained for over two months. In December 2016, Zhang Bo and his accomplices trafficked Li Xuehui to Weinan City. The case involves crimes such as intentional injury, kidnapping, illegal detention, and trafficking, yet Lantian County Public Security Bureau has failed to register the case for ten years.
On August 6, 2025, Li Qihong raised the issue of “failure to register and supervise by the public security organs” to the Lantian County People’s Procuratorate. On August 8, 2025, the procuratorate issued a “Reply on the Handling of Petition Issues,” stating that cases involving judicial workers who have abused their power to violate citizens’ rights and jeopardize judicial fairness shall be investigated and handled by the municipal-level people’s procuratorate within their jurisdiction, and Lantian County People’s Procuratorate does not have the authority.
Another petitioner from Shaanxi, Wang Xiaoqin, has a mentally ill brother, Wang Xiogang, who was provoked by stability maintenance personnel and charged with causing intentional harm, leading to his imprisonment. Wang Xiogang suddenly died in July 2024 while in custody. Wang Xiaoqin believes that there is undisputed responsibility for Wang Xiogang’s death and reported it to the procuratorate, only to face layers of evasion of responsibility.
Wang Xiaoqin told the reporter, “It has been over a year since the incident, and neither the Shaanxi Provincial Procuratorate nor the Supreme People’s Procuratorate has ever proactively reached out to us, the families of the victims, to understand and communicate about the case!”
Wang Xiogang, a former employee of China Nengjian Group’s Northwest Electric Power Construction Third Company, suffered mental illness after being deliberately bitten by a guard dog while at work in 2007, leading to sixteen years of unsuccessful petitions with his father, Wang Yingqiang, for legal action.
Meanwhile, the jurisdictional Weicheng Street Office and the Construction Third Company hired their neighbor, Ma Yongkui, to illegally monitor and harass Wang Xiogang’s family, using all means to obstruct and interrupt their petitions. On September 27, 2022, Ma Yongkui came to Wang Xiogang’s house with a knife and caused trouble for no reason. The following morning, Ma Yongkui again entered the yard of Wang Xiogang’s house with a 30-centimeter-long pointed knife to provoke, only to be injured by Wang Xiogang, a mentally ill offender. Later, Ma Yongkui’s son, Ma Jianjun, drove a vehicle (license plate number Shaanxi A3E79D) into Wang Xiogang’s yard and attempted to ram Wang Yingqiang, ultimately causing the death of his father. He then hit Wang Yingqiang, leaving his lower body paralyzed.
After the incident, Wang Xiogang was criminally detained on October 31, 2022, on suspicion of intentional harm and was detained at the Weicheng District Detention Center.
On July 19, 2024, Wang Xiogang was admitted to the hospital due to massive gastrointestinal bleeding and died four days later. The forensic examination report from Xi’an Jiaotong University Forensic Medical Appraisal Center confirmed that the cause of death was a rupture of the smooth muscle of the bowel wall leading to hemorrhagic shock. Wang Xiaoqin believes that there is a systemic violation of duty and regulation in supervision and healthcare contributing to Wang Xiogang’s death, and the Weicheng District Public Security Bureau in Xianyang failed to handle the matter according to the law promptly, choosing to cover up the truth of Wang Xiogang’s death by reporting false information everywhere.
Wang Chao, a police officer from the Weicheng District Public Security Bureau, suggested that Wang Xiaoqin’s family could pay 70,000 yuan for Wang Xiogang’s life if they were willing to settle the legal responsibility issue concerning the detention center without pursuing compensation. Wang Xiaoqin did not accept this offer.
Wang Xiaoqin has repeatedly sent complaint materials to the Supreme Procuratorate Prosecutor Ying Yong and the Shaanxi Provincial Procuratorate Prosecutor Wang Xuguang. Occasionally, she received a text message from the Supreme Procuratorate saying, “The issues you raised do not fall under the jurisdiction of our office according to laws and relevant regulations. We have forwarded the materials to the Shaanxi Provincial People’s Procuratorate.” Wang Xiaoqin went to the reception window of the Shaanxi Provincial Procuratorate’s 12309 service multiple times with the SMS from the Supreme Procuratorate, but each time, the staff claimed they could not find the content of the transfer by the Supreme Procuratorate in the system.
Shaanxi petitioner Shi Xiujun from Xi’an City reported that in December 2019, she underwent dental crown repair treatment at Xi’an Zhinuo Dental Hospital, which led to damage to her good teeth, suspected to be caused by improper medication by the doctor, resulting in systemic damage. Five years have passed since the incident, with the police refusing to file a case citing it as a medical dispute. The procuratorate also rejected supervision requests based on the fact that the harm did not lead to death, ultimately terminating the case without cause.
Shi Xiujun told a reporter, “I reported and accused to the inspection team, without any results, especially with procedural violations by public security organs, cases not being registered, and suppression without investigation. I kept reporting, and then they illegally terminated my case.”
“In July 2025, the central fifteenth inspection team came to Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. I went to the Shaanxi Provincial Petition Office, where the central fifteenth inspection team is stationed on July 21 and 25, but I did not see any staff members designated to receive the central inspection team, turning our hopes into disappointment as petitioners.”
In December 2019, Shi Xiujun underwent dental crown repair treatment at the Xi’an Zhinuo Dental Hospital, resulting in damage to her good teeth due to improper procedures. After examinations by medical institutions, it was confirmed that she was exposed to drugs containing cadmium, arsenic, and thallium, leading to systemic damage. The hospital denied responsibility, prompting her to file a complaint. However, after five years, there has been no action taken in her medical damage case by the judicial system.
Shi Xiujun reported the incident to the police in 2020, but they did not inquire, record details, or file a case. It took two years for them to issue a notice refusing to register the case. In January 2023, she applied for oversight to the Weiyang District People’s Procuratorate in Xi’an, and in April 2023, the procuratorate replied maintaining the decision not to file a case.
Since then, she has continued to appeal and accuse up the hierarchy through the procuratorate, but the responsible officials at all four levels of procuratorates have been evading responsibility, leaving the case without any substantive investigation.
Shi Xiujun said, “The supervising officer, Lu Yu, from the Weiyang District People’s Procuratorate in Xi’an (now serving as a supervising officer at the West Xixian New District People’s Procuratorate) told me: ‘They didn’t kill you with the poison; if they wanted to poison you, you would have been long gone.’ Lu Yu directly denied the doctor’s criminal behavior, made a decision not to supervise the case, and rejected my request for a personal injury assessment and forensic evidence examination. Then on October 30, 2023, the Ministry of Public Security informed me that the petition case was closed.”