Stills from the movie "Silent Killing". Image source: Douban Movie
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A girl was verbally threatened by her classmates, ridiculed in public, and even "glued to gag her mouth"; A girl's hair was cut and poured with mineral water mixed with her own hair...... This is a clip about school bullying in the summer hit movie "Silent Killing".
The film revolves around the school bullying incident in a girls' middle school, after a girl who was bullied on campus fell to her death, a number of students who participated in the bullying were killed one after another, and behind the collective silence there was a series of serious social issues such as school violence, domestic violence, parent-child relationship, sexual assault, and bribery. Through camera movement and suspenseful horror settings, the audience can guess who is the murderer and who is the victim soon after the plot begins, but they have to reflect:
It is precisely because all the gates of school bullying have been lost, and the silence of all parties on campus bullying has led to the occurrence of "silent killing".
According to data from the online platform, the box office of the film quickly exceeded 500 million yuan in only 7 days after its release. With the popularity of the film, the social phenomenon of school bullying has once again aroused concern and discussion, affecting the public's nerves.
Preventing and controlling school bullying and protecting the healthy growth of minors are social governance issues facing the whole world. The story of "Silent Killing" takes place in a girls' middle school in Southeast Asia, but the enlightenment it brings to people is common - to prevent and control school bullying, there are "three hard moves":
Strengthen popular legal education on campuses, implement a mandatory reporting system, and coordinate efforts between home and school. If any of these "three hard tricks" are implemented by the girls' middle school in the movie, school bullying may be prevented and stopped, and the tragedy of "silent killing" may be avoided. And this just reflects the effectiveness of our country's work to protect minors in accordance with the law - these "three tough tricks" have been implemented very well.
Hard trick 1: Campus legal education is a basic project to prevent school bullying
Stills from the movie "Silent Killing". Image source: Douban Movie
In the film, Xiaotong and Huijun have been bullied by four female classmates many times. Many people in the school know about this, the principal knows, the teachers know, the campus security guards know, and many students know, but no one stops or dissuades them. Why did everyone choose to be silent? There may be many reasons, but one of them cannot be ignored: the lack of law popularization on campus.
Protecting the healthy growth of minors is a common issue all over the world, and it is also an important content that should be included in the laws of all countries. I believe that in this Southeast Asian country in the movie, there should also be corresponding laws. But why do people turn a blind eye to bullying in schools, and why do students who bully have no fear? This is closely related to the lack of popularization of law on campus.
Imagine if the school had judicial personnel (judges, prosecutors, and policemen) come to teach law popularization every once in a while, explaining how students should protect their legitimate rights and interests, what kind of protection responsibility the school should bear, how to report school bullying after it occurs, and what kind of legal punishment should be faced for committing school bullying......
Or, if a judicial officer serves as the school's vice-principal for rule of law and often visits the school to investigate and understand the situation, the situation may be different.
The principal knows that his daughter is involved in bullying and thinks of his responsibility as a principal and as a parent of a child who has bullying behavior, so that he may stop his daughter from bullying and stop other students from bullying at school. If students regularly receive legal education, they will discourage and report school bullying in a timely manner; If the students who are bullied regularly receive legal education, they will take up legal weapons to protect themselves and say "no" to school bullying.
On the other hand, on the mainland, the concept of legal education starting from children has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the hard-core measures of judges, prosecutors, and public security officers to popularize the law on campus have been continuously strengthened, which has prevented the occurrence of school bullying to a large extent.
Taking the participation of procuratorial organs and procuratorial cadres and police officers in campus legal popularization as an example, we can see the strength of our country's campus legal popularization education: Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, and adhering to the principle of "legal popularization starts with children", procuratorial organs rely on vice principals for rule of law to promote the deepening and practical popularization of law on campus, and through carrying out publicity and education on the rule of law for minors, enhance the legal awareness of students and faculty and staff from the source, prevent juvenile violations and crimes from the source, protect the lawful rights and interests of minors from the source, and protect their healthy growth.
It is understood that up to now, a total of 43,000 procurators have served as vice-principals for rule of law in 77,000 primary and secondary schools across the country, which has played a positive role in enhancing the awareness of the rule of law among primary and secondary school students and promoting the construction of rule of law campuses and safe campuses.
Tip 2: Mandatory reporting of cases of violations against minors is an important measure to prevent and control school bullying
Stills from the movie "Silent Killing". Image source: Douban Movie
"If, you are a medical professional, you notice something strange about her when you receive a consultation; If, you are the people's teacher, you feel his changes when teaching; What if, if you are a community worker, you see her helplessness during a home visit...... Please take a few more looks, ask more questions, do a little more, fulfill the mandatory reporting obligation in a timely manner, and bring her the power of justice. ”
This is a commentary from the Supreme People's Procuratorate's public service propaganda film "Spotlight" in 2020, when the mandatory reporting system for cases of violations against minors was established. Today, the mandatory reporting system has been in force on the mainland for many years, and its important role in the discovery of clues, the handling of cases, and the rescue and protection of victims has initially emerged. Fulfilling the mandatory reporting obligation is like a sharp blade to cut off the claws of the child; It is also a ray of light that illuminates more "hidden corners".
What is mandatory reporting? That is, in cases of violations against minors, the relevant responsible persons of the medical, educational, welfare and assistance institutions and other departments have the obligation to promptly report to the judicial organs when they discover the signs, and if they do not report the information, they will be investigated for relevant legal responsibility.
In the movie, Huijun was forced to stand on the glass roof of the rooftop due to school bullying, and the tragedy of falling from a high altitude due to broken glass caused by the tragedy. However, both the people involved and the witnesses to the incident were cold and silent in the face of the grieving father's pleading witnesses.
Several bullying behaviors by the four schoolgirls in the movie may have been involved in crimes under the laws of most countries. If the country in the movie also has a mandatory reporting system for cases of violations against minors, school bullying may be detected and held accountable in time, and the subsequent tragedy of "silent killing" can be avoided.
In the movie, the fear and helplessness of the victim achieves the carnival of a group of bullies, and the silence and connivance of bystanders gradually become accomplices of bullying. In the end, it was the silence of all parties about school bullying that led to the occurrence of "silent killing". If there had been a mandatory reporting system and it had been implemented, perhaps these tragedies could have been avoided.
Hard trick 3: Coordinated protection of family, school, society, etc. is the "royal road" to care for the healthy growth of minors
Stills from the movie "Silent Killing". Image source: Douban Movie
In the movie, in addition to the existence of school violence, there are more violations against minors in hidden corners.
For example, Xiaotong's family seems to be glamorous, her family loves her very much, and even her stepfather is very good to her in the eyes of others. However, the real situation is that her stepfather sexually assaulted her when she was very young; The mother was not properly educated and reminded her to keep her distance from potentially dangerous people by whipping.
In addition, in the movie, in the face of school bullying and domestic violence, many members of the public who know the situation choose to ignore and remain silent...... More and more facts show that protecting the growth of minors requires the joint efforts of the whole society to weave a protective net to prevent and prevent violations against minors.
It is precisely on the basis of this situation that the revised Law on the Protection of Minors and the Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency have established six major protection systems for minors: family, school, society, network, government, and justice. In the process of implementation, the judicial organs have joined hands with other "five major protections" to work together, integrate with each other, cooperate with each other, and promote each other, and strive to make "1+5>6" and "1+5='real'".
In the "six protections" system, family protection is at the top of the list. As shown in the movie, there are many minors who are being abused by their families. Therefore, both laws require that the parents of minors should assume and perform guardianship duties in accordance with the law. If the guardianship duties are not performed properly, the intervention of the judicial organs is necessary.
For example, in response to problems such as improper discipline and lack of guardianship found in the case, our procuratorate will issue a "supervision and guardianship order". In 2021, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and other departments jointly issued the "Opinions on Comprehensively Carrying Out Family Education Guidance Work in the Handling of Cases Involving Minors", and cooperated with the "Supervision and Guardianship Order" mechanism to continuously build a strong line of defense for family protection, and the relevant practices were absorbed by the Family Education Promotion Law.
For example, the Supreme People's Procuratorate issued the "No. 6 Procuratorial Recommendation" to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to promote the governance of cyberspace. In conjunction with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, carry out pilot projects of in-depth cooperation between basic-level procuratorates and civil affairs departments for the protection of minors, increasing the extent of guardianship safeguards, care and assistance for minors, and opening up the "last mile" for the protection of minors.
Children are the sunrise and hope - I believe that this is the general consensus all over the world. "Silent Killing" reminds us in a thought-provoking and terrifying way: for the sake of our hope, in the face of violations against minors, families, schools, and all aspects of society should not be silent.
Synopsis: Junior high school girl Huijun (played by Xu Jiao) has been bullied on campus for a long time until she fell to her death from a height, but the violence not only did not stop, but even spread to her best friend Xiaotong (played by Wang Shengdi). Soon, the bullies also died one after another under the hammer. Behind the serial murder case, everyone who is difficult to escape the suspicion surfaces one by one: Xiaotong's mother (played by Zhang Junning) witnessed her daughter being gagged with glue but kept silent, school worker Lin Zaifu seemed to know the inside story but was indifferent and alienated, and the mysterious man Wu Wang (played by Huang Minghao), who was secretly spying, seemed to be in danger but smiled......
Who is the Rainy Night Butcher who killed the bully? The police officer Dai Guodong (played by Wu Zhenyu), who investigated the case, seemed to be deceived by the illusion, and in the process of exploring the secret, the old story of Zongzong's dirt and dirt was revealed, and everyone was pushed to the forefront......