A return visit to the case of "college students digging birds" sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment: Yan Xiaotian was released from prison at the end of this month, and another party was released from

  

Yan Aimin came to the scene when his son dug out the bird’s nest.

  After he was released from prison in August last year, Wang Yajun went to Yan Xiaotian’s house for the first time. Yan Xiaotian’s mother didn’t recognize him at first sight because she was wearing a hat with a mysterious expression. Before going to prison, 27-year-old Wang Yajun was a worker in a local auto parts factory.

  During the summer vacation in July, 2014, Yan Xiaotian, a freshman of Zhengzhou Vocational and Technical College, and Wang Yajun, a fellow villager, dug out two nests of 16 birds and resold them. After identification, 14 of them were Yanfalcon, a national second-class protected animal, and the other two were Falconidae. The two were sentenced to 10 and a half years and 10 years respectively.

  In this case, Yan Xiaotian received more attention than Wang Yajun because of his status as a "college student". At the end of this month, Yan Xiaotian, whose sentence has been reduced for 20 months, will also be released from prison, and his family is decorating his room and waiting for his return.

  Yan Xiaotian’s father:

  "The most important thing is to live a good life with my son."

  Yan xiaotian’s father, Yan aimin, recently renamed his Tik Tok name as "Yan xiaotian’s father in the case of college students digging out birds". Of the five updates since April 13th this year, four were about the case of digging out birds. There are obviously more fans who like comments than before.

  "Waiting for the stars to look forward to the moon, but now it’s finally over." Yan Aimin said, "He is only 29 years old. Although the best years have been abandoned, it is not too late."

  The plan of Yan Aimin’s husband and wife is that after the son comes out, he should first raise his body and then "think about his business." "It will take him at least half a year to adapt to the present society."

  It has been suggested that with the attention of the "bird-digging case", Yan Xiaotian can open a video number and make a live broadcast after he is released from prison. In this regard, Yan Aimin said that as long as the law allows, it is good for the child’s future, and he does not object. What he wants now is to live a good life with his son while he is still capable. "This is the most important thing, to live your life in peace."

  "Whether to continue to complain in the future depends on the meaning of my son. But it will always be a hurdle in my heart, and I am embarrassed about my son. " Yan Aimin said that he could not overcome this hurdle in his life.

  Wang Yajun is also inquiring about the specific date of Yan Xiaotian’s release from prison, and he is thinking of picking him up. He didn’t answer the reporter’s question about whether he would appeal. He said, "I don’t want to talk about this issue again," but added, "Many people don’t understand animal taxonomy, and I have been studying and studying."

  Wang Yajun who has been released from prison:

  In prison, I always watch animal programs during breaks.

  After he was released from prison in August, 2022, Wang Yajun went back to work in the auto parts factory where he worked before he went to prison. Polishing auto parts, getting a piece-rate salary, earning about 6 thousand yuan a month.

  "I didn’t know ‘ Falcon ’ This word. " Wang Yajun dropped out of junior high school before he graduated. Although they are fellow villagers, Wang Yajun and Yan Xiaotian are not familiar with each other. Their age difference is six years, and what they have in common is that they have both raised pigeons.

  "I forgot how the idea of digging birds came out and who put it forward." After many years, Wang Yajun said that he only remembered that there were many poplars and many bird’s nests in the village at that time.

  On the day when the detention center learned that he had been sentenced to 10 years, Wang Yajun said that he was "devastated" and "unimaginable".

  After being transferred to prison, Wang Yajun began to "wonder what the problem is". During the break, when others are not watching TV, Wang Yajun will "watch programs related to animals". He began to teach himself animal taxonomy.

       Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star Journalist Wang Zhenhua Photography Wang Hongqiang