we often say that this is an era of looking at faces. Indeed, no one can deny that a good-looking face can really bring a lot of convenience to life. You may be given priority in job interview. When you fall in love, you are more sought after by the opposite sex. Even strangers will be gentle to you for no reason.
Siow Yu Zhen, 22, is such a pure and beautiful girl. However, the benefit of this beautiful face is to escape the death penalty.
At about 6:30 a.m. on July 2 this year, satheesh Noel gobidass, a 31 year old Indian man, was beaten and cut his throat by a group of young men and women coming out of a nightclub near the orchard towers in Singapore's red light district. He was seriously injured and died within an hour after being sent to the hospital.
The police then arrested six men and one woman, aged between 22 and 28, according to the video. All seven were charged with murder, and under Singapore law, they could be sentenced to death.
But unexpectedly, after the relevant information of the suspect was exposed, Xiao Yuzhen, the youngest and only woman among the seven people, quickly became popular because of her pure and lovely charming face.
Many passers-by became her fans and even set up a backup Association for her. On the first day of her establishment, there were 220000 supporters. They spontaneously prayed for Xiao Yuzhen's release and asked the police to release her immediately. She's just an innocent bystander! She can't be the murderer! Support her! Seek justice for her!
Someone even said: you see, she is so thin. Even if she kicks the victim, he can't be seriously injured.
In a word: Xiao Xiao is so cute, why catch Xiao Xiao?
It sounds ridiculous, but unexpectedly, the wishes of fans have come true.
After more than three months of the case, at the hearing on the 23rd, the prosecution believed that the four people, including Xiao Yuzhen, had only punched and kicked the victim, which was not the direct cause of his death. Therefore, the charges of all four of them were downgraded from murder to attack and successfully escaped the death penalty.
The remaining three are still facing murder charges, and the police have identified an eighth suspect who is currently under investigation.
If convicted of assault, he will face imprisonment of less than two years and a fine of $5000 (about 35317 yuan).
Xiao Yuzhen, who got the good news, was very surprised and cried excitedly. Her lawyer then told reporters that she would cooperate well with the prosecution's subsequent investigation. Now she is looking forward to going back to reunite with her family.
Xiao Yuzhen was temporarily released from prison after paying a bail of 15000 US dollars (about 105952 yuan). Last Friday, she left the court accompanied by her father and a friend.
After regaining her freedom, she herself immediately sent a document to thank those who supported her and attached a self photo. She could not see any repentance for her actions.
However, netizens seem to have ignored the fact that she hit people, and most people still support and encourage her in the comments.
Up to now, it must be unrealistic to say that the police gave Xiao Yuzhen a light sentence because of the pleading of fans. Because it can be seen from the video at the scene that she was really only involved in the violence, not the direct murderer who cut the victim's throat and killed him. Objectively speaking, the police's handling of his commutation is actually more reasonable. In this incident, the really reprehensible fans are those who plead for prisoners without authorization because of the absurd reason of high appearance.
This is not the first time.
Everyone should know the famous prisoner Jeremy & middot; Jeremy Meeks was sentenced to 27 months' imprisonment in 2014 for six felonys including illegal possession of weapons and terrorist activities.
Originally, he was just an ordinary prisoner, but a photo turned him into the most handsome criminal in the United States and became popular overnight. I'm in love with him! Please handcuff us together!
For a moment, everyone ignored the man's horror and praised him from a criminal to a star. Has he made any compensation for his crime? No, just a handsome face.
And even more exaggerated than Jeremy is the Japanese criminal: Shiqiao Daya.
In 2007, he raped and killed the innocent English girl Lindsay & middot; Annie & middot; Hawke, with extremely cruel means, tortured Anne for more than ten hours.
Originally, such people should be despised by thousands of people, but unexpectedly, a photo uploaded to the Internet has completely changed the wind direction.
Many women were fascinated by his gloomy, comic like face. Just like Xiao Yuzhen, they also set up a backup Association for Shiqiao Da, did all kinds of support and surrounding, and asked him to be acquitted.
How ridiculous! Beauty is justice. When this joke is put into practice, the consequences are so terrible.
Ridicule or coax, every plea is actually encouraging crime. Imagine how the families and friends of the victims would feel when they saw this scene?
A person who can hurt others to death but has no regrets, a person who can torture innocent girls for more than ten hours, pleading with the police to acquit these people, is it not enough for the victims?
What's more, the so-called fans are not real victims, and what is the qualification to replace others to forgive?
Everyone has the heart to love beauty, but before appreciating beauty, please have the bottom line of being a man.
We can tolerate high-value people to have some advantages in some small things in life, but there should never be a slight exception in matters involving law.
Don't cry for justice while becoming the promoter of evil. Don't ignore others when persecution happens to yourself, but suddenly be generous and play double bidding when others have the same experience.