On February 16, the case of Jiang Ge's mother v. Liu Xin will be held in the second instance of the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province.
The case was pronounced in the first instance of the Chengyang District People's Court in Qingdao City, Shandong Province on January 10, and the court ordered the defendant Liu Xin to compensate 696,000 yuan.
Liu Xin appealed.
Liu Xin has now been renamed Liu Mouxi.
In 2016, Jiang Ge, who was studying in Japan, was killed by Chen Shifeng, the ex-boyfriend of his friend Liu Xin, at the door of his residence in Tokyo. He was only 24 years old.
On December 20, 2017, the Tokyo District Court of Japan sentenced the defendant Chen Shifeng to 20 years in prison for intentional homicide and intimidation.
Jiang Ge's mother, Jiang Qiulian, has never come out of the pain of losing her daughter. She believes that Liu Xin is responsible.
In October 2019, Jiang Qiulian filed a lawsuit against Liu Xin on the grounds of infringement of the right to life, and claimed more than two million yuan.
On January 10, 2022, the court pronounced the verdict in the first instance.
The court held that Jiang Ge, as a female student studying in a foreign country, lent a helping hand to her compatriots who were in trouble, gave her sincere care and help, and lost her life due to illegal violations.
His selfless act of helping others reflects the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, which is in line with the core socialist values and public order and good customs, and should be praised; if he is illegally violated, he should receive legal relief.
Liu Xin, as Jiang Ge's friend and rescued, after the incident, not only did not feel grateful and offered compassion and comfort to the relatives of the deceased, but instead used inappropriate words to further aggravate the pain of others. Common sense and human feelings should be condemned, and should bear civil compensation liability and bear all the case acceptance fees.
(CCTV reporter Zeng Xiaolei Chang Yang)