"Beating your wife in front of your children": Zero tolerance for domestic violence

Author: Bai Jingjing

Last night (January 20), a video of domestic violence caused public outrage. In the picture, the violent man continues to beat his wife despite the crying and pleading of his young son, and punches the woman in the head with a heavy fist. The old man in the family tried to dissuade him to no avail, but he left indifferently, putting the woman in a situation where there was no way to ask for help.

In the early morning of the 20th, Shaanxi Airport New Silk Road Trading Co., Ltd. sent a Weibo response, saying, "The man in the video is Wang Pengfei, deputy manager of the company's comprehensive department. Strongly condemned his wife beatings, acts of domestic violence! After the company's research and decision, Wang Pengfei was suspended and handed over to the Group Discipline Inspection Commission for further investigation and handling. The company has sent the person in charge to visit his wife at home. Judging from this response, this matter can be regarded as having an attitude to solve the problem, and judging from the wording, this statement is inevitably suspected of avoiding the important and light. Domestic violence is domestic violence, and crime is crime. Judging from the severity of Wang Pengfei's violent behavior, if Shaanxi Airport New Silk Road Trading Co., Ltd. still treats this as an internal matter of the unit and family, and even has the behavior of covering up the ugliness and protecting the short, it will not be tolerated by the law.

The latest news shows that the Baqiao Branch of the Xi'an Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a police intelligence circular: At present, the case is being handled according to law.

Anti-domestic violence is the common responsibility of the whole society. "Zero tolerance" for domestic violence is a consensus that civilized society must build. According to Article 33 of the "Anti-Domestic Violence Law of the People's Republic of China", where the perpetrator commits domestic violence, which constitutes an act that violates the administration of public security, a punishment for the administration of public security shall be given in accordance with law; It can be seen that domestic violence is not a domestic affair, and once the bottom line of the criminal law is touched, public power must intervene to bring justice to the victims.

"Love returns to love, law returns to law". Domestic violence may confuse the boundaries between the two. The hidden nature of domestic violence has put victims in a situation where they have no way to ask for help.

Many people still remember the internet celebrity Ram, who was abused by her ex-husband for ten years. For the sake of her young children, she endured again and again, but in exchange for intensifying violence. Eventually, her heartbroken ex-husband burned her to death. In this case, Ram tried to save herself, trying to use divorce to escape the clutches of domestic abusers, but the divorce was not as easy as she thought.

For domestic violence cases, the perpetrator should be held accountable according to law, so that the atrocity should be punished by law, and at the same time, the victim should also be remedied.

For the parties to a divorce case, suing for divorce because of domestic violence is to pin the hope of relief on the court judgment. Judging from the reality of divorce proceedings, the practice of "not ruling at first instance" may expose domestic abusers to the threat and intimidation of violence, and in more serious cases, endanger their lives.

Recently, the China Judgment Documents Network published a criminal judgment. Xu Di (pseudonym) was beaten by her husband many times after marriage, and her repeated lawsuits for divorce were rejected after being unable to bear domestic violence. After being beaten again, she killed her husband and was eventually sentenced to three suspended for intentional injury. From the victim to the perpetrator, Xu Di's tragedy once again confirms the importance of clarifying the boundaries of domestic violence divorce.

Domestic violence seriously affects family harmony and endangers the personal safety of the vulnerable party. The Marriage and Family Section of the Civil Code also regards the prohibition of domestic violence as a basic principle, and when the people's court hears divorce proceedings, the evidence of domestic violence submitted by the injured party shall be determined on the basis of its authority. If domestic violence does exist and the abuser continues to threaten the victim with violence during the divorce proceedings, the court should also explain to the victim the separate procedure for filing a habeas corpus order.

Only by letting the law support the victims and ensuring that domestic violence divorce cases are tried and adjudicated according to law can vulnerable groups be swallowed up by the abyss. Of course, the concealment of domestic violence also makes it more difficult for the court to determine the facts. Because of this, when encountering domestic violence, victims should not swallow their anger and have illusions, but should promptly report to the public security and women's federations for help, leaving necessary evidence for possible future lawsuits.

Expose the evils of domestic violence and condemn the despicableness of the perpetrators. Society must also use the rule of law to warm up the victims, and use the blade of the rule of law to make the perpetrators of violence have nothing to hide. (White Crystal)