Conviction Spiritual healing, divination, and mediumship Mediumship, divination, and fortune-telling Shangdu County, Inner Mongolia, China · 2026

China: itinerant 'master' convicted after telling a mother and daughter a curse required a virgin's blood

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

itinerant self-styled master claiming ritual power to change fate

Organization

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Archive classification

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Manufactured dependency: the 'curse' was escalated until the victim believed he was her only protection, and the doctrine then prescribed exactly what he wanted.

Curse or witchcraft threat
Sacred sex, purity, or sexual-energy claim

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2026-06-01 · conviction and sentence; verdict effective

Shangdu County People's Court, Inner Mongolia, China. A man surnamed Zhang, met online claiming ritual power to change fate, moved into a woman's home for two weeks and repeatedly told her that someone meant her harm and that an evil spirit had marked her, until she regarded him as her only savior; he then told her that only yin-yang dual cultivation could break the curse. He extended the claim to her fifteen-year-old daughter, saying the curse could only be broken with a virgin's blood. Convicted of rape as a recidivist, he was sentenced to nine years, and the verdict took effect without appeal.

Documented coercion mechanisms

repeated warnings that 'an evil spirit has marked you' until the victim saw him as her sole savior
claim that only 阴阳双修 could break the curse
claim that the curse required a virgin's blood, extending the coercion to her 15-year-old daughter

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Sina: court report of the Shangdu County verdict.: National portal's court report.

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