Terminus 2049: Chen Mei and Cai Wei detained and sentenced

Beijing police detained Chen Mei and other Terminus 2049 participants. The project had preserved deleted articles and pandemic information on GitHub; relatives subsequently sought their whereabouts.[2][1]

Police told relatives that Cai and Chen had been formally arrested on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble and were held at Chaoyang District Detention Center. Families continued to seek representation by their chosen lawyers.[1]

FLD records that an appointed lawyer told Chen’s mother on September 22 that both men had been indicted and referred to Chaoyang District Court. Trial deadlines were subsequently extended, including on pandemic grounds.[1]

The case was heard at Wenyuhe with appointed lawyers and one family member admitted for each defendant. No judgment was announced that day, and relatives continued to ask about the outcome.[1]

The court imposed fifteen months each for picking quarrels and provoking trouble. FLD subsequently updated its chronology with credit for pretrial detention and their actual release.[1]

Cai and Chen were released from custody. FLD records that their pretrial detention since April 2020 had been counted toward the sentences imposed by the court.[1]