Zhou Zhenglong’s wife refuses to accept the first-instance judgment and wants to ＂carry the lawsuit to the end＂

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　　On September 27th, Zhou Zhenglong, the counterfeiter of "South China Tiger Photo", held a public trial in the People’s Court of Xunyang County, Shaanxi Province for fraud and illegal possession of ammunition. He was sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment in the first instance, fined 2,000 yuan and returned the bonus of 20,000 yuan. China News Agency issued Cheng Cheng photo

　　BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) On the morning of Sept. 27, 2008, the much-watched "South China Tiger" case was tried in Xunyang, Shaanxi Province. The court sentenced Zhou Zhenglong to two years and six months’ imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 yuan. However, this result did not put an end to the tiger photo storm that lasted for 9 months, but attracted a new round of media attention. A few days ago, Phoenix TV interviewed Zhou Zhenglong’s wife Luo Dacui. In an interview, Luo Dacui said that he refused to accept the court’s decision and thought that the crime of illegal possession of ammunition was even more nonsense. The following is a record of the program:

　　Zhou’s wife failed to forcibly cross the security line to attend the trial of "South China Tiger".

　　Commentary: Luo Dacui is a 46-year-old native. Before that, she rarely traveled far. However, on September 27 this year, on the day of the trial of the "South China Tiger" case, she appeared at the door of the Xunyang County People’s Court hundreds of kilometers away, and tried to forcibly cross the security line and enter the court to attend. For this scene, Luo Dacui still remembers it deeply. She said that she just wanted to meet her husband who had not seen each other for four months.

　　Luo Dacui: They wouldn’t let me in this time, so they stopped me, didn’t give me a side hearing, and didn’t let me in. The possibility inside was, probably, a judge. He came out to get something, and he told me that I was a witness in Zhou Zhenglong. He said that we were witnesses and couldn’t attend, so he gave such an answer. At that time, I felt a little angry. I said that I had never heard of it before. You said that we were witnesses. Today, I said that you were not allowed to attend, so I said that all three of us were witnesses. I said that I only heard you say today that I had never heard of it before. At that time, I was a little angry. He said that there was nothing I could do if I didn’t let you in, right? You just don’t get in.

　　Commentary: According to media reports, Xunyang County People’s Court rejected Luo Dacui’s mother and son because Zhou Zhenglong’s wife Luo Dacui and son Zhou Song, as witnesses in this case, could not attend the trial according to relevant regulations. In this regard, Luo Dacui was puzzled, because before the trial, she never knew that she had provided a confession for Lao Zhou.

　　Luo: I didn’t testify. They asked, did you know that Lao Zhou went up to the mountain and made these photos and things? I just asked if I knew these things. I don’t think it’s a witness either, is it? What kind of witness is this?

　　Including my son and daughter, my son and daughter haven’t been in the house for several months, so I don’t know anything about his father directly, because they are all working outside, my daughter is not at home when she is studying in Nangao, and her son hasn’t come back for months under Maoping. What witnesses are they?

　　Commentary: In addition, the relevant personnel of the court also explained that earlier, the Xunyang court had rejected Luo Dacui’s request for auditing, and Luo Dacui also had different opinions on this. She arrived in Xunyang on September 25 after learning that the case would be opened on the 27th.

　　Luo: On the 26th, I went to the court to ask them. He said that family members could attend, and I said that I would come for some side hearings because my sons and daughters wanted to attend. That’s how to find the director of their office.

　　He said that he would record all these situations to his leader, and he said that he would give you an answer in the evening. We left until the evening, but we didn’t get an answer all night, and we didn’t know whether it was ok or not. On the morning of the 27th, we went again before their court session. When we went, we found their staff and asked them. I said where to get the side hearing and asked a few questions, but they all said no.

　　Commentary: So, in a hurry, there was a scene in which Luo Dacui broke into the court. However, she finally failed to enter the court. After waiting outside the court for nearly six hours, she waited for the verdict of Zhou Zhenglong: two years and six months in prison and a fine of 2,000 yuan. This result is obviously not what she expected.

　　Luo: He refuses to accept it, and I don’t accept it. I think this crime of fraud doesn’t fit at all. Lao Zhou brought the photos to you to ask your leaders to make an appraisal. You did the appraisal, and you said it was true, so you gave Lao Zhou a bonus. It’s not like he told you in advance. I took the photos, and you have to give me a lot of money. That’s Lao Zhou’s fraud, so he didn’t consider it as money. You give bonuses, but it’s a good thing you only give 20 thousand, isn’t it? If you give more, 100,000, 80,000, 200,000, 500,000, and 1 million, then Lao Zhou will not be sentenced to life imprisonment. He just made a fake and didn’t do anything else, did he?

　　Commentary: Zhou Zhenglong was convicted by Xunyang County People’s Court of "illegal possession of ammunition", which Luo Dacui thought was even more nonsense.

　　Luo: This does not mean that 93 bullets were found at home, but that some of his bullets were found, that is to say, it was more than seven years ago. It can be said that he had not come to our place, and I didn’t even know about his bullets. That’s because he was hunting in those years, he issued a gun in the public. If he had a gun, he said that this bullet could be bought at any time. I think this bullet is still more than seven years old, and you were allowed to buy it at that time. I bought it by a common people, and I paid for it. This is against the law. After all, I didn’t mean to get it from other aspects, other channels or informal ways. I paid for it reasonably and legally.

　　Commentary: Luo Dacui said that as far as she knows, some bullets were sent to him by the expedition team that came to ask Lao Zhou for help.

　　Luo: A gun sent to him is said to have one hundred bullets, and one gun has one hundred bullets. That is to say, the bullet was not used up. Lao Zhou took it home by the way, and they took it away. At that time, the gun was taken away, and the bullets were confiscated. That is to say, it was put at home. If it is needed again in the mountains, it can be used again. That is to say.

　　解说：罗大翠说，子弹虽然留在家里，但老周从来没有使用过，打猎时他仍然使用的是他以前的工具。这是我们去年采访周正龙时拍摄的画面，周正龙给我们展示了他捕猎的工具。

　　在罗大翠的心目中，周正龙犯的最大的错误就是造假，而对于他是怎么造假的，一切是否又是他一人所为，罗大翠说，她知道的还没有记者们多。

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