After a year, the net red Ram case finally has a result.
Defendant Tang Lu was sentenced to death in the first instance for intentional homicide.
For this result, netizens have expressed their agreement.
Because Tang Lu was really the most evil of sin.
During the marriage, he was violent to Ram for a long time.
After the divorce, he set her on fire to death.
But at the same time, many people are also asking:
If after the first domestic violence, Tang Lu will get the punishment he deserves.
So is it possible to avoid tragedy?
The most painful part of the whole incident is that.
Again and again, Ramming bravely resisted.
Calling the police, asking for help from the Women's Federation, suing for divorce...
However, it has failed to curb the rampant crimes of domestic abusers.
Coincidentally, the Tianshui Wai Wai Gate Massacre in Hong Kong in 2004.
There are many similarities with the Ram case.
It is the husband's violence that escalates step by step, and the wife's repeated requests for help are fruitless.
The same tragedy reflects a social problem that deserves our deep consideration.
Night and Fog in Tin Shui Wai
This film is from the first female director of Chinese, Xu Anhua.
In 2004, she learned about the tragedies that had taken place in Tin Shui Wai from news reports and became interested in it.
Originally, Tin Shui Wai was a village on the edge of Hong Kong.
It was later acquired by the government and transformed into a municipality.
A large number of public housing has been built for use by low-income residents.
Due to the occurrence of many sensational social cases, Tin Shui Wai was once known as a "sad town".
"Day and Night in Tin Shui Wai"
But after actually going to the field research, Xu Anhua found:
Tin Shui Wai is not as badly portrayed by the media.
So she made two films in a row, trying to portray the real face of the neighborhood.
The warm side is "The Day and Night of Tin Shui Wai".
The cruel side is "Night and Fog in Tin Shui Wai".
The male protagonist Li Sen (played by Ren Dahua), who later sensationalized the tianshui wai-wai murder case.
Like Ram's husband, Tang Lu, he has typical domestic violence characteristics.
There is no stable job, and it is idle all day long.
I plan to live my life with the Hong Kong government's CSSA fund.
Personality flaws are also very obvious.
In front of outsiders, he always pretends to be a good husband and father.
However, he was extremely careful with his family and was irritable and irritable.
Always for a little trivial matter, scolding, even a big fight.
Only because his wife fried the fish he caught, and did not steam it according to his wishes.
He was immediately incapacitated and furious, without the slightest regard for the bad influence on his two daughters.
His wife, Xiaoling, has a similar origin to Ram.
From poor and backward mountain villages.
Sensible and industrious, she began a life of self-sufficiency very early.
Xiaoling is beautiful and capable, which is an advantage.
But in Li Sen's eyes, it has become a time bomb.
In order to completely control Xiaoling, he restricted her financially.
He received 8,000 yuan of CSSA every month, but only gave Xiaoling 2,000 yuan to use for the tuition expenses of the whole family, including her daughter.
So that Xiaoling did not have any extra money to use to do what she wanted to do.
And Li Sen did not want Xiaoling to go out to work.
Because he couldn't see Xiaoling being looked at by male customers more.
Those obscene and provocative words can instantly ignite Li Sen's anger.
And he is inferior and cowardly, not only does not defend his wife.
He also went home and sprinkled all his anger on her.
He even accused Xiaoling of wearing black underwear in her white shirt as a deliberate attempt to "seduce men."
This is the same as Tang Lu's approach.
In order to prevent Ram from opening a shop and "showing his face", he viciously injured Ram.
He also forbade Ram to return to his mother's house to visit his family, and could only stay by his side.
The beauty of their wives became a source of what they called insecurity.
In turn, under the influence of a distorted mentality, it has become an excuse to infringe on women's lives and freedoms.
If violence is not limited, it will escalate step by step.
At first, Li Sen pushed and slapped Xiaoling.
Then, it turned into using fishing line to help her arm and rape her roughly.
Threaten and intimidate with knives.
In front of her daughter, she strangled her neck and beat her violently...
Until the end, Li Sen brutally killed Xiaoling.
An extreme personality, a morbid desire for control, eventually led to a tragedy.
However, it is not only the perpetrators who cause tragedy.
Police, parliamentarians and social workers, who turn a blind eye to the call for help, are also the perpetrators of this tragedy.
In the process of escalating violence, Xiaoling, like Ram, did not sit still.
Instead, it was several times before and after resisting and calling for help.
The first time she called for help, Xiaoling found the district councilor.
She said she wanted to apply for CSSA herself, find a good job, and get out of Li Sen's financial control.
However, she has lived in Hong Kong for less than seven years and is unable to apply.
The district councillor only explained a few words of "really no way" and left Xiaoling to the social worker.
Then hurried away and rushed to the event.
Under the guidance of social workers, Xiaoling and her two daughters were admitted to the women's shelter.
They had a brief period of safety.
But the good times did not last long, and Li Sen chased after him, and even made up reasons to call the police to find Xiaoling.
Finally, the social worker intervened to mediate.
The two were persuaded to make peace with the "premise of maintaining the integrity of the family".
Xiaoling, seeing that she would be pushed back into the abyss, told the social worker that her daughter had been violated by Li Sen.
It is desirable to be able to apply for special cases.
However, the two daughters did not testify.
Moreover, there is no further verification on the part of social workers.
This attempt failed.
In the end, the social worker only suggested that the two be separated for a period of time.
But a verbal decision could not give Xiaoling protection.
The result of this hasty mediation actually angered Li Sen and caused Xiaoling more trouble.
After the two separated.
Li Sen still chased after him and ran to Shenzhen to find Xiaoling downstairs.
In broad daylight, he even wielded a knife to cut his abdomen, forcing him to die.
Xiao Ling was exhausted at this time and unable to cope.
Approaching a desperate moment, she called her parents in the mountains of Sichuan.
This was her second call for help.
I thought I could get the comfort and support of my parents.
Maybe also consider going back to your hometown for a while.
However, the mother on the other end of the phone is also persuaded and dissuaded.
"In every village and alley, it's a matter of men beating their wives."
"Hello man, he built a house for our family and took you to Hong Kong."
Xiao Ling's heart instantly cooled.
The third time she called for help, Xiaoling chose to call the police.
And this was her last call for help.
At that time, Xiaoling noticed that Li Sen was unusually "calm".
It was like the calm before the storm came, which made her think about it.
She expected something big to happen and was even more anxious about the safety of her daughters.
So I went to the police station.
However, the policeman on duty was very careless about Xiaoling's call for help.
He believes that this is just a "trick gun" between husband and wife.
Even if Xiaoling begged repeatedly, she hoped that the police would accompany her upstairs to see.
But he remained indifferent.
XiaoLing had no choice but to give up the request and go alone to meet Li Sen.
And this time.
Her hunch was indeed fulfilled.
Waiting for her in the house was a red-eyed demon.
After Li Sen brutally killed his wife and daughter, he did not forget to create a fake knife wound for himself to exonerate.
He also wanted to call the police and plant his daughter's death to Xiaoling.
Unexpectedly, mistakes killed themselves.
The massacre of a family of four made the whole of Hong Kong explode.
The truth of the case continues to ferment, pointing to the social reasons behind the tragedy.
Ironically, however.
When public opinion held the police station accountable for its inaction, the police department flatly denied the fact that Xiaoling had come to report the case.
It's chilling.
Women in desperate situations, trying to escape again and again.
Unfortunately, it doesn't always end well.
Just like Ram.
In the backward hometown, the awareness of anti-domestic violence is very weak.
At first, Ram also chose to be silent and bearable, and continued to live with a full body of injuries.
But as the violence escalated, she was beaten to the point of breaking her bones.
She chose to call the police.
There is no physical protection and the punishment due to domestic abusers.
The police who went to the scene at that time said:
"We will still be willing to stand on her side and warn the man not to go too far and not to do anything, but in addition to this, there is actually very little that can be done, and it is difficult for the officials to break the family affairs." 」
When Ram realized that Tang Lu's violence might put himself to death.
She decided to bravely rebel and end the marriage.
But the divorce did not allow her to get rid of tang lu's clutches.
On the contrary, the other party became angry and forced her to remarry with the child's life.
Later, when Tang Lu intensified his efforts to beat up Ram's sister.
Ram is divorced again.
She was illiterate, so she asked someone to help write the indictment.
Even if she loses custody of her two children, she will leave this inhuman devil.
It can be seen that she is determined to escape.
From Ram's post-divorce video, we can feel the beauty of her new life.
Go up the mountain to collect medicine, sing on the stove, although poor but stable.
But the good times were short-lived.
Tang Lu, who has not been sanctioned, has been extremely indifferent to the law.
Like Li Sen, the perverted psychology reached its peak.
Eventually, his ex-wife was brutally murdered.
As the blogger Yu Ya said:
Not standing up, being silent, not acting, and choosing neutrality is a pushing force for domestic abusers.
Perpetrators of violence should be punished and disciplined.
Instead of letting go of freedom and aiding and abetting abuse.
Suppose Li Sen and Tang Lu were to be punished as they deserved.
If Xiaoling and Ram are protected in time.
Then domestic violence incidents may not escalate into murder cases.
Now, Tang Lu has finally been punished with justice.
The verdict is of great significance.
It doesn't just deter potential perpetrators and show people the cost of crime.
At the same time, it also emphasizes the attitude towards domestic violence:
Victims have zero tolerance for the perpetrator.
The law has zero tolerance for perpetrators.
Only in this way can the tragedy be avoided repeated.