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"She suddenly pushed me from behind. I was unprepared and fell from the third floor." 84-year-old retired professor Wang Zhonglin (pseudonym) has a gentle appearance and a thin body. He spoke slowly but when he recalled the shocking scene in March last year, he immediately became emotional and his voice trembled.
“It didn’t roll down, it flew down!” Wang Zhonglin emphasized specifically, “My body did a somersault in the air, and then landed on my head on the second floor platform.”
This was a past event that Wang Zhonglin couldn’t bear to look back on. The person who pushed him downstairs was not someone else, but his wife Wan Ling (pseudonym) who had been with him for many years. "The couple comes together when they are young, and they come together when they are old." Why did Wan Ling do such a cruel thing to her husband? What secrets are there between the husband and wife?
The old professor's unspeakable secret
In Changning District, Shanghai This three-story old bungalow is the former residence left by Wang Zhonglin's parents and has witnessed the prosperity of the Wang family's parents. Wang Zhonglin and his wife live in a large room of more than 50 square meters on the third floor. Although the house and furniture are very old, the windows are bright and clean, and there is plenty of sunlight. In the eyes of others, it looks like a peaceful picture of time.
Wang Zhonglin said that his wife Wan Ling (pseudonym) is 12 years younger than him. She comes from a wealthy family and had a somewhat eldest temperament when she was young. After getting married, Wan Ling resigned and returned home. The two never had children and often quarreled over trivial family matters. His wife also suspected that Wang Zhonglin was having an affair.
Once, when Wang Zhonglin was teaching students, his wife suddenly rushed into the classroom and cursed Wang Zhonglin. This behavior made Wang Zhonglin's reputation as a "strict wife" spread throughout the school. He felt very embarrassed and simply reported his distress to the school party committee and the neighborhood committee where he lived, hoping that they would find Wan Ling for ideological work. Later, relevant leaders talked to Wan Ling, but the situation did not improve. Wang Zhonglin also proposed divorce, but Wan Ling firmly disagreed.
The couple lived in such a noisy manner for decades. After retirement, Wang Zhonglin and his wife returned to Shanghai, planning to "return to their roots" and spend their remaining years in their old house. Wang Zhonglin originally thought that the relationship between husband and wife would ease as they got older. Unexpectedly, his wife's quarrels not only did not stop, but escalated step by step. Starting last year, the verbal violence escalated into physical violence.
According to Wang Zhonglin’s recollection, in March last year, his wife bought a new rice cooker, and he used the new rice cooker to cook. Wan Ling saw it and immediately scolded her husband: "You just use it without even reading the instructions. You have to read the instructions first!" Wang Zhonglin silently walked out of the room. Just as he walked to the stairs, his wife suddenly pushed him from behind. The unsuspecting Wang Zhonglin "flyed" out instantly and fell to the platform on the second floor.
"I didn't expect her to be so powerful. My mind went blank at the time. I only remembered that my limbs were doing somersaults in the air. After landing, I was so painful that my eyes were filled with stars." Wang Zhonglin said, "Later, I was diagnosed by the hospital as He suffered a broken tailbone and was in bed for more than a month.”
After this incident, the domestic violence continued. Unbearable, Wang Zhonglin also called the police, but the problem was not solved. "The police came, but she stopped fighting, and she said I was the one who hit her. I never hit her at all, I just blocked her." Wang Zhonglin was helpless, "The police didn't see the beating, so it was difficult to deal with it. The police left After that, she beat him again."
Wang Zhonglin's life was miserable, but he did not complain to others. Because it is so embarrassing for a man to be domestically abused by his wife. If he told it, others would laugh at him as a "coward."
Wang Zhonglin was more seriously injured by his wife this year.
“I didn’t know what the reason was this time. I was sleeping on the sofa, and she suddenly got angry and hit me. She grabbed a thick mop stick and beat me. She interrupted her and hit me again. It was broken into three pieces." Speaking of this incident, Wang Zhonglin's skinny hands couldn't stop shaking. "Later, when I went to the emergency ward of the hospital to have an operation, the doctor asked the family to sign, but she didn't sign. It was my brother who signed for the operation." p>
This violence resulted in acute subdural hematoma on Wang Zhonglin’s right side. He was out of danger only after being rescued by the hospital. After being discharged from the hospital, he never dared to go home and had to live in a guest house outside.
Move in the "Savior"
This year the "Anti-Domestic Violence Law of the People's Republic of China" was officially implemented.
Wang Zhonglin learned from the newspaper that in a situation like his, he could apply for a personal safety protection order in court. At that time, Wang Zhonglin felt as if he had met a "savior."
On the 7th day after the "Anti-Domestic Violence Law" was officially implemented, Wang Zhonglin went to the Changning District People's Court to apply. This was the first protection order application received by the Changning District People's Court. Geng Zhicheng, deputy director of the Fourth Civil Division, was very cautious after accepting the application and questioned the respondent Wan Ling.
When questioned by the judge, Wan Ling said that the frequent frictions between herself and her husband were mainly due to years of grievances. She had always suspected that her husband was having an affair and had a bad relationship with her husband's brother. In addition, there were some property disputes between the brothers. These factors led to Wan Ling's resentment towards her husband growing day by day. She admitted that she and her husband had had physical conflicts, but she insisted that her husband was the one who started the fight and she only fought back.
Because Wang Zhonglin and his wife held different opinions, judge Geng Zhicheng did not dare to draw a conclusion easily. The law stipulates that the court needs to make a ruling within 72 hours after receiving the application. In the next two days, Geng Zhicheng conducted multiple visits to Wang Zhonglin’s neighbors. Neighbors reported that they often heard Wang Zhonglin and his wife arguing, sometimes even on the side of the road. They also confirmed that in every quarrel, Wan Ling was indeed the stronger one, while Wang Zhonglin was just avoiding it.
After careful investigation, the court determined that Wang Zhonglin’s experience was applicable to the personal safety protection order measures in the Anti-Domestic Violence Law. Two days later, Wang Zhonglin received a personal safety protection order from the Changning District People's Court, which clearly required that "the respondent is prohibited from committing domestic violence against the applicant." Under the coordination of the court, Wan Ling moved to another residence of Wang Zhonglin in another place, and the couple temporarily lived separately.
Now, Wang Zhonglin’s life has returned to peace. He lives alone in his old house and rarely goes out. Three meals a day are delivered to his door from the restaurant downstairs. This thin old man suffers from high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, and has bad legs and feet. He spends most of his day sitting in front of the window, reading a newspaper, or lost in thought at the empty old house. < /p>
How to use a protection order
According to statistics from the Shanghai Higher People's Court, since the implementation of the "Anti-Domestic Violence Law", the city's courts have received 106 applications for personal safety protection orders. 99 cases were closed. Among them, 35 were approved, 27 were rejected, and another 37 did not meet the application conditions or were withdrawn by the respondent. According to the court, most of the cases that were dismissed were due to insufficient evidence.
Nie Xiaolan (pseudonym), a 32-year-old domestic violence victim, once encountered a situation where her application was rejected. She and her husband got married 6 years ago and gave birth to a son. When his son was one year old, he was diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy. Since then, the couple often quarreled about their children.
In 2011, her husband beat Nie Xiaolan for the first time. At that time, Nie Xiaolan was lucky and thought that "the world would be brighter if we take a step back", so she adopted tolerance. But the husband was not influenced, and instead became worse. Nie Xiaolan recalled painfully: "He beat me recklessly. The color TV, refrigerator, electric fan, tables, chairs, pots and pans in my house were all thrown at me. A bowl of soup and noodles were poured directly on me, and the glass The cup was thrown directly at me."
Nie Xiaolan called the police many times and sought help from the neighborhood committee regarding her husband's violence. With the coordination of relevant staff, Nie Xiaolan's husband apologized to her several times and promised that he "will never beat his wife again."
Guarantee. "It is said that a woman can hold up half the sky, but in this family, she holds up the whole sky. I will repay her with all my love and make her feel happy to marry me." This is what Nie Xiaolan's husband personally said in 2011 A "letter of repentance" written. There are several letters of repentance like this, but the "validity period" of each guarantee is only one or two months. What makes Nie Xiaolan even more sad is that the shadow of domestic violence also spreads to the children: "He (husband) beat his son so hard that his hands and feet fell to the ground. The more I persuaded him, the more he beat him. He said that a tiger father has no dogs, and the more he beats him, the more he beats him. The more you beat, the smarter you will be.”
Nie Xiaolan was beaten violently by her husband again this year, resulting in hematuria and multiple soft tissue contusions. This time she finally decided to file for divorce in court. Fearing that she would be beaten by her husband again during the divorce proceedings, Nie Xiaolan applied to the court for a personal safety protection order. However, her application was rejected by the court.
Judge Shen Huichuan of the Minhang District People's Court explained: "It was rejected because she did not provide corresponding evidence at the time, because the application must have a clear applicant and respondent. There must be evidence of domestic violence. , prove that you have suffered domestic violence, or face the threat of domestic violence, so that we can issue a personal safety protection order.”
After the first application was rejected, Nie Xiaolan did not give up. She hurriedly went to the police station to retrieve the previous alarm records, interrogation records, and injury examination sheets. She found the diagnosis records of the hospital after being injured, and also went to the neighborhood committee to issue a certificate. In addition, the multiple "letters of repentance" written by the husband over the past five years have also become strong evidence. After submitting these evidences to the court, Nie Xiaolan’s second application was quickly approved.
The court explained that the reason why Nie Xiaolan's evidence was effective was that they were related to each other and formed a complete "evidence chain."
"Although some applicants have provided evidence, the evidence is single and isolated and cannot effectively prove the fact of domestic violence." Judge Shen Huichuan said, "For example, only the police record is provided, but there is no corresponding By asking for the transcript, it is difficult for us to determine the reason for calling the police, or even if we only provide the hospital’s diagnosis records, we cannot conclude that the injury was caused by domestic violence.”
The judge also said that audio, video and pictures recorded by victims of domestic violence themselves can also be used as evidence.
In Nie Xiaolan’s protection order, the court required Nie Xiaolan’s husband to move out of the residence where the two of them lived together, but her husband did not comply. After the protection order was issued, her husband stopped physically harming Nie Xiaolan and turned to psychological torture, such as blocking the door and preventing her from going to the toilet or taking a shower.
At present, Nie Xiaolan has applied to the court for compulsory execution. According to the "Anti-Domestic Violence Law", the court can take fines, detention and other compulsory measures against the respondent who refuses to comply.