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The phrase "why should you help if you didn't hit it" not only made the young man who saw the righteous and brave bear tens of thousands of "compensation", but also pushed Judge Wang Hao to the cusp.
The "Peng Yu case" of November 20, 2006, was called by netizens "the starting point of China's moral decline in the 21st century".
After 17 years, has there been a new turning point in this "major case of the century"? What happened to Wang Hao, the "confused official" who was spurned by thousands of people?
The history of the "Peng Yu case"
It was a cold November day, and Peng Yu, 26, had just left work and was waiting at a bus stop in downtown Nanjing.
At this moment, a bus slowly drove to the platform, and as the sound of the car horn stopped abruptly, a group of passengers poured out.
Peng Yu subconsciously gave way to the side, but saw an old lady with a black hat lying on the ground in the crowd, her legs curled up weakly, and her face was full of pain.
Peng Yu immediately reacted, this old lady must have been squeezed down by the crowd, he quickly ran over, squatted down, gently picked up the old lady, and asked if she was injured.
The old lady was so in pain that she couldn't speak, so she could only shake her head to signal that her right leg was in pain.
Peng Yu saw that she might have broken a bone and planned to send her to a nearby hospital.
"Grandma, I'll carry you to the hospital for a check-up first, you put up with it first." Peng Yu said gently.
Saying that, he carefully carried the old lady on his back and rushed towards the hospital step by step, and the old lady at this time hugged Peng Yu's neck tightly, and said "thank you" in her mouth.
After being sent to the hospital, the doctor diagnosed that the femur of the old lady's right leg was fractured and needed surgery.
Peng Yu was still in a hurry at that time, only sat in front of the old lady's bed for a while and left 200 yuan for medical expenses, and after bothering the doctor to help take care of it, he left in a hurry.
As for the 200 yuan, Peng Yu did not care, only to do good deeds and accumulate virtue; Unexpectedly, two months later, he suddenly received a court summons.
It turned out that the old lady sued him for deliberately knocking down and causing fractures, and demanded compensation of 136,000 yuan for medical expenses!
Peng Yu was surprised, he just saw righteousness and bravery, where did he know that he would encounter such a thing.
This incident spread on the Internet, and netizens complained about Peng Yu one after another, thinking that the old lady was deliberately framed.
Despite this, the old lady's family insisted on taking Peng Yu to court.
The confused officer concluded the confused case
In April 2007, the case was heard in the Nanjing court.
On this day, many citizens gathered outside the Nanjing courthouse, holding Peng Yu's photo and holding up signs with the slogan "Support Kindness", and waited at the entrance of the court since the morning.
These netizens and citizens have said that they want to seek justice for Peng Yu and speak out for social justice.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the bailiffs announced the opening of the trial, and Peng Yu and his family silently walked into the dock, their faces solemn; And the old lady Xu Shoulan sat in the plaintiff's seat, and her two sons stood behind her; Judge Wang Hao wore a black robe and sat on the chair with a serious expression.
First, the prosecutor read out the indictment, alleging that Peng Yu should bear medical expenses after fleeing the scene after knocking down Xu Shoulan.
The accusation was sharply rhetorical, and Peng's defense lawyer retorted sharply, saying that the defendant did not intentionally hit people.
Then it was Peng Yu's turn to speak, and Peng Yu stood up and sincerely stated his goodwill to the judge at that time.
"That day I came home from work, only to see an old man fall and instinctively help her; I really didn't know she was so badly injured or why she was suing me. ”
Peng Yu's statement won sympathy from the audience, but Judge Wang Hao asked harshly: "You said that you just got out of the car and didn't hit the old man, so why did you go to help her?" If you are really wronged, you can leave like everyone else, why go out of your way to help? ”
The judge's rhetorical question made Peng Yu speechless for a while, and the audience was also in an uproar.
Is it good or sinful, and will seeing righteous deeds invite evil?
"Judge, I just did what a normal person should do, just like if your mother also falls, I will also go over and pick it up at the first time, this is just human nature!" Peng Yu replied with red eyes.
"Your Honor, you must give me justice!" Peng Yu's wife also stood up and pleaded, "My husband is a good man, he is so kind, how can you question his kindness like this?" ”
"I warn you, don't disturb the order of the court!" Wang Hao sternly stopped Peng Yu and his wife's speech, "I handle the case according to law, and I don't need your fingers!" ”
After the trial, Wang Hao quickly made a judgment, finding that Peng Yu needed to bear 40% of the old lady's medical expenses, a total of 45,000 yuan.
This result undoubtedly poured cold water on Peng Yu and those who supported him, and the justice that people hoped for did not come.
The incident quickly spread online and caused an uproar on social networking sites.
"This judge is a fool! His words are tantamount to warning everyone that seeing righteousness and courage will harm themselves, who will dare to help others casually in the future! ”
"I can't believe that our laws trample on the goodwill of ordinary people in this way; If everyone is as indifferent as a judge, and the old man does not dare to help him when he falls, can this society still be good? ”
The comments of netizens were almost all one-sided criticism of Judge Wang Hao, denouncing his judgment and inappropriate remarks.
Others wrote serialized articles satirizing the case and exposing the absurdity of some judicial figures.
Soon, the voice of "opposing the wrongful conviction of Peng Yu" spread on the Internet, and tens of thousands of netizens signed a petition online, asking the procuratorate to retry the case.
Netizens in Guangzhou, Shanghai and other places also spontaneously went to the door of the Nanjing court to sit quietly, holding Peng Yu's avatar to express their dissatisfaction with Judge Wang Hao.
This large-scale public opinion denunciation undoubtedly brought great pressure to the court and Wang Hao himself, and with the efforts of all parties, the case was forced to enter the second-instance procedure.
In the end, before the second instance trial, the two parties reached an out-of-court settlement agreement, and Peng Yu agreed to compensate the old lady 10,000 yuan in one lump sum, and the dispute ended.
But its impact on social morality is far from over.
After this incident, incidents of seeing righteous courage encountering black guns occurred from time to time, and more and more people chose to turn a blind eye to emergencies, for fear that they would also become the next "Peng Yu".
Some commentators pointed out that this incident directly led to people's apathy, selfishness and suspicion.
There is also a view that Judge Wang Hao's remarks have successfully made the concept of "good intentions are not rewarded" in society, which has long been in the hearts of the people.
It discourages those who would otherwise be helpful, disappoints those who could have been helped, and a society full of sunshine and warmth also becomes cold and impersonal.
It can be said that this incident directly affected people's moral concepts, and the social goodwill that should have been promoted instead made everyone endanger themselves and suspicious of each other.
Now that 17 years have passed, how is Judge Wang Hao, who once caused great controversy, doing?
Life is like a play
After the "Peng Yu case" broke out in 2007, Wang Hao was quickly transferred from his original court and could only work as an assistant in a neighborhood office.
At first, Wang Hao hoped to continue working as a judge, but his superiors did not give him this opportunity.
Under the denunciation of netizens, the court system was eager to cut off contact with this "notorious" judge and send him to the most basic units.
For Wang Hao, such a movement of light speed falling from the sky to the ground simply cost him half his life.
And he also had to face the strange eyes of his colleagues around him and keep his distance from everyone.
At first, Wang Hao felt that he was a social rat crossing the street, spurned by the whole people, and even some extreme netizens sent threatening emails to Wang Hao's family, so that his wife and children also lived in fear.
Every time he thinks of the abuse against himself on the Internet, he can't help but get angry.
"I just made the verdict out of duty, why did they attack me like this?" Wang Hao was puzzled.
For a time, Wang Hao's life fell into an unprecedented low, and he felt that his life's legal career was ruined and his future was bleak.
But five years after the outbreak of the incident, when the "victim" Peng Yu appeared in front of the camera again, he became the real "defendant".
It turned out that he lied, and he was also in the car at that time! Because he was in a hurry to go home, Peng Yu felt a collision with someone when he got out of the car, and when he turned around, he saw the old lady who fell to the ground.
When people suddenly encounter a disaster, the first thing they often subconsciously do is to escape, especially when the old lady is diagnosed with a fracture, the nervous Peng Yu has already broken his guts and transformed from a "party" to a "pure passerby".
Later, seeing that the incident continued to ferment, he did not dare to clarify the facts, so this torment continued for several years.
But at this time, the Internet has long lost its memory - which one are you? What apologies? People only remember the high-ranking judge Wang Hao and the well-known saying "it's not you who hit it, why should you help".
The years do not stand still, and as time goes by, public opinion gradually forgets about this matter.
Wang Hao found that he was no longer the "villain judge" as people said, and his life was gradually returning to the right track.
Today, Wang Hao, who is in his sixties, may still be an insignificant small clerk in the street office, but his heart is no longer painful and self-blamed.
Wang Hao, who faced the documents every day at work, had a peaceful smile on his face.
"Maybe I did make mistakes back then, but mistakes shouldn't define a person's life." Wang Hao said.
Occasionally, Wang Hao would also see someone mentioning the "Peng Yu case" many years ago on the Internet, with mockery in his words, he was no longer annoyed, just smiled slightly, and continued to read his report.
For Peng Yu, Wang Hao did not apologize much, because in his opinion, the verdict that year was not right or wrong.
epilogue
Even after 17 years, this Peng Yu case still impresses people.
It directly affects people's values and makes some people hesitate to help others; But on the other hand, this incident has also triggered people's reflection on the issue of "touching porcelain".
At present, some localities have established a legal system of "anti-porcelain" to protect righteous people who act courageously.
Perhaps kindness should never be trampled on, and the ultimate lesson of this matter is still a reminder to maintain kindness and protect ourselves.
I hope that on the road ahead, we can open our minds, have more goodwill, less suspicion, and jointly create a society full of sunshine.