 Finally, in 1966, a total of 341 cadres of Honghu county, or 90% of the county administrators and local communists in charge, including communist party secretary Mr. Li Jinyu (), first deputy communist party secretary Mr. Xu Wei (), deputy communist party secretaries Han Yaohui (), Ma Xiangkui (), Gu Chengqi (辜呈清, also serving as Honghu County chief at the time) and Sun Keti (孙克惕, also serving as the deputy Honghu County chief at the time) were all arrested and sent directly to labor camps without trials or any other legal proceedings, and everyone received at least ten years jail terms, with Mr. Li Jinyu () had the longest, a fifteen-year term.The persecution had such devastation on those suffered that many, including the former deputy communist party secretary Mr. Xu Wei () refused to be interviewed about the experience, even in the 2000s (decade), more than three decades later.The subject remains a taboo in official documents by the Chinese government until this day, but those local populace who survived the massive famine thanks to what Mr. Li Jinyu () had done would remember him.