LRAB Chapter 370: Getting Serious
Chapter 370: Getting Serious
The matter came to an end here. After the interrogation was completed, Zhou Yifan, on behalf of the Security Department, made a preliminary judgment based on the confessions and evidence made by the parties present, and formed a specific sentencing conclusion.
The Security Department's penalty conclusion was handed over to the factory leaders present, who reviewed and approved it before finally making a preliminary penalty decision.
Zhou Yifan read out the penalty decision to those present.
"Everyone, please be quiet. We have investigated the matter thoroughly and now the preliminary conclusion is as follows:
There is insufficient factual evidence that Xu Damao behaved like a hooligan towards Qin Huairu. It was just Sha Zhu's groundless guess, so Xu Damao was a victim without fault.
Zhang Jialiang's action was self-defense and he was not responsible for the injuries of Aunt Chen, Sister Hua and the other seven female comrades.
Aunt Chen, Sister Hua and seven other female comrades believed Sha Zhu's rumors and insulted others without any evidence and without the power to enforce the law. This is illegal.
They caused physical and mental harm to Comrade Xu Damao. Aunt Chen, Sister Hua and other seven female comrades should apologize to Xu Damao and Zhang Jialiang, give them certain spiritual and material compensation, and obtain their forgiveness. At the same time, the factory should also inform them of the criticism.
Sha Zhu spread rumors without any evidence, which led to this vicious incident. He needs to conduct a thorough self-examination and be criticized by the entire factory. At the same time, he must apologize to Xu Damao and Zhang Jialiang and make compensation to obtain their forgiveness.
The specific amount of compensation shall be settled through negotiation between the two parties.”
After hearing the verdict announced by Section Chief Zhou, Sister Hua, Aunt Chen and the other seven women could not accept it at once.
"Why?
We did this to fight for justice. Even if Xu Damao and Zhang Jialiang were wronged, it was because of Sha Zhu.
Why are we punished so heavily?
We didn't mean to insult a stinky man like Xu Damao. Doesn't this mean that we are female hooligans?
We won’t do that!”
Xu Damao was still not happy, but now that he heard that the security chief and the leaders all thought he was a victim and were supporting him, he became bolder.
“You disagreed even though I disagreed, but now the situation is very clear, it was you who made the mistake, and you are still so arrogant.
I think your punishment is too light. In my opinion, they must be convicted of hooliganism and must be detained and sent to labor camp.
First of all, I am not a hooligan at all. Instead, you took off my clothes, looked at my melons, and spoke dirty words to me without my permission. This is a great insult to me.
Secondly, your behavior is hooliganism. If several men surround a woman, strip her naked, and insult her personality, then that is definitely hooliganism. Conversely, if several women treat a man like this, that is also hooliganism.
Finally, you have no power to enforce the law at all. Regardless of whether I made a mistake or not, you have no right to do this to me.
Normally, you guys talk a lot all day long, shouting loudly for gender equality. Since men and women are equal, I think if the same thing happened to a woman under the same circumstances, the result for the man who made the mistake would definitely not be so easy.
So you are hooligans, and hooligans must pay the price. This is a criminal offense and they must be held criminally responsible."
Seeing Xu Damao's fearless performance, Zhang Jialiang also added fuel to the fire.
"I don't agree either. The behavior of these female lesbians is indeed hooligan behavior. Men and women are the same. The same punishment should not be given to female hooligans in the same way as male hooligans."
What Xu Damao and Zhang Jialiang said left Aunt Chen, Sister Hua and other old ladies speechless. They had indeed done this many times before.
They have always believed that this was a just act, that they were standing up for the injustice and upholding justice for their sisters. But after listening to what Xu Damao and Zhang Jialiang said, they suddenly felt that something was indeed inappropriate.
If I were treated like this by someone else, I would definitely not be able to accept it, not to mention that there is no evidence.
Since men and women should be equal, if they are really convicted of hooliganism, they will probably have to stay in prison for many years.
They cannot accept such a result. If they go to jail, won’t they be ruined?
If they were sent to labor camps, they would definitely lose their jobs, and their reputations would be ruined. Could they survive with the reputation of being female gangsters?
Also, their respective families will be ruined. If a female hooligan appears in the family, the family's reputation will be ruined. And not only the husband's family but also her own family will be ruined. Then everything will be ruined.
So now they are scared and really angry. They don’t even think about asking for compensation after being beaten. The most important thing is to save themselves first.
"Chief Zhou, all factory leaders, we didn't do this on purpose. Our starting point was good, but we never expected this result.
Comrade Damao and Zhang Jialiang, you can't do this. We had good intentions, but now not only are we being beaten but we are also being charged with hooliganism. This is too much.
In this way, we don’t have to pay compensation if we get beaten, and you don’t have to call us hooligans, okay?”
Xu Damao firmly disagreed.
"No, you deserve to be beaten.
Didn’t you hear what I just said?
Zhang Jialiang's action was self-defense and you deserved to be beaten. We certainly will not compensate you.
But your crime of hooliganism is certain, and you must be punished accordingly."
Seeing that Xu Damao was not giving in and was very serious about it, Aunt Chen, Sister Hua and the others, as well as the men behind them, were all furious.
They felt that this was really unfair. They wanted to do good things, but now they were being blamed and labeled as female hooligan. They were so angry that they wanted to die.
Secretary Yang and Deputy Director Nie, two factory leaders who were present, saw that Xu Damao and Zhang Jialiang disagreed with the verdict and were determined to convict the seven lesbians of hooliganism. As leaders, they were somewhat unhappy.
These seven female comrades and the men behind them are all from the production workshop. Secretary Yang and Deputy Director Nie are both in charge of production, so these people are equivalent to their production people.
Secretary Yang and Deputy Director Nie originally wanted to make the matter smaller. This way, the seven women would realize the error of their ways, and at the same time the punishment they received would be relatively smaller, and the impact on the steel mill would be relatively less.
It turned out that Xu Damao and Zhang Jialiang were both stubborn and too serious about their opinions, so they were not very happy and had to pull Deputy Director Li and Director Liu from the Security Department together to discuss the matter.
Secretary Yang was the first to express his opinion:
"My opinion is still the same. We should try to minimize the impact of this incident on our factory. Otherwise, it would not sound good if we told others that there were a few female hooligans in our factory. What do you think?"