The courtroom was empty.
Judge Sherif, the clerk, and several bailiffs; the plaintiffs were Lu Ming and his assistant Cui Xiaodong, as well as the mine owner’s representative Wang Furong; the defendants were Wang Mazi and his assistant, a female lawyer.
Sitting at the representative seat of the inspection team was a thin middle-aged man who looked gentle and refined, waving a folding fan. In fact, he was one of the Thirteen Guardians of the Jackal Gang. His real name was Chen Qifa, and his nickname among the Thirteen Guardians was "Drilling Fox". People outside called him "Stinky Fox" because he was full of evil and extremely vicious. He was the military advisor of his adoptive father, Old Jackal. It was rumored that he could speak Western languages and even went to college. However, his past was very mysterious and not many people knew about it.
In the inspection team, Chen Qifa’s position is law enforcement supervisor.
In the gallery, there were several miners and inspection team members who served as witnesses.
All other seats were empty and the court doors were tightly closed.
"I request once again that the deputy head of the inspection team, Chai Jinhua, be summoned, because she is the leader who directly sealed off the five coal mines I represent and is one of the persons directly responsible. I also need to question her!"
After hearing the defendant answer in court that all witnesses were present, Lu Ming stood up.
Wang Mazi closed his eyes and looked as if it was none of his business, while the female lawyer next to him stood up.
The name on the desk name of this female lawyer is "Huang Guirong", a very rustic name. She is wearing dark blue clothes and pants, white socks and black cloth shoes. She looks very much like a young woman from a small town in the 1950s and 1960s in Lu Ming's previous life. She wears large black-framed glasses, and due to the refraction of the thick lenses, her eyes are so large that they are a bit scary.
Lu Ming heard Cui Xiaodong introduce Huang Guirong, who was born in a poor family, worked part-time and was sponsored by a kind-hearted person to finish junior college. She was in the same school as Cui Xiaodong and was a senior student of Cui Xiaodong.
Like Cui Xiaodong, Huang Guirong was a temporary worker in the law firm, but Cui Xiaodong paid to get the job. He said that this senior sister was introduced to the law firm by a teacher at school who liked her very much.
But in the law firm, Huang Guirong received the minimum monthly salary, which was lower than Cui Xiaodong's. Similar to what happened in Donghai, he had been employed for more than two years but was still receiving an intern salary, and it was an intern salary that was within the standard for temporary workers.
It seems to be only 8 yuan per month, which is about the same as the coal miners in my own coal mine.
A typical hard-working person who does the most tiring work but gets paid the least.
But if it weren't for this, Huang Guirong would have been fired long ago.
Lu Ming could tell from Cui Xiaodong's tone that he admired this senior sister very much and had a faint admiration for her.
Over there, Huang Guirong stood up and said, "Captain Chai Jinhua is unwell and is recuperating. We have already answered the plaintiff's questions, and besides Captain Chai Jinhua's testimony was presented in court, a copy has also been given to the plaintiff's lawyer. According to the Civil Procedure Law, if the plaintiff's lawyer has any questions, he can raise them in this court. Captain Chai Jinhua does not need to be present." Huang Guirong's tone was calm, but every word he said hit the point.
Lu Ming listened and nodded. From the perspective of local regulations, she handled it very well. No wonder she was able to survive in the firm without any background.
But, I'm only getting the salary of an intern.
However, in Montenegro, a stable monthly income of 8 yuan is considered very good compared to poor rural families.
Her skills were indeed good, so Wang Mazi took her as his assistant. In fact, how important was this case? For the lawyers in the firm, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve their qualifications, but Wang Mazi took this treasure of the firm with him for the sake of caution.
Wang Mazi's business was a mess, but he was very selective in hiring people. He probably had a feeling that the lawsuit would not go as smoothly as he thought, so he did not carelessly involve nepotism.
He has some knowledge of how to employ people as a leader, so he is able to hold the position of deputy director very firmly.
On the bench, Sherif nodded to Huang Guirong with satisfaction and looked at Lu Ming with a smile: "Plaintiff's lawyer, do you have any questions?"
Lu Ming nodded: "No more, I request to summon the defendant's representative Chen Qifa."
Chen Qifa looked indifferent. Seeing Sharif's gesture, he stood up and walked to the witness stand.
Lu Ming came up to him and nodded at him: "Inspector Chen Qifa, your job responsibility is to supervise the law enforcement work of your inspection agency, that is, the Heishan Mining Bureau Longgang Branch Inspection Brigade, and correct its violations, right?"
Chen Qifa nodded: "Yes."
"So, on March 21, the inspection team conducted a surprise inspection of 11 coal mines in Xiping District and sealed off all of them. Have you conducted a law enforcement review of this action?"
Chen Qifa nodded, "Yes, after receiving questions from some mine owners about this law enforcement action, our inspection office initiated a review procedure for this surprise inspection action and concluded that this enforcement action was in full compliance with the Black Mountain Mining Safety Inspection Regulations and there was no violation of any regulations."
"So, was this surprise inspection carried out because of a tip-off? Or was it a sting operation by an informant?"
Chen Qifa smiled and said: "The Mining Bureau conducts surprise inspections on mining companies in its jurisdiction as part of its normal audit work. It does not require anyone to report it, and it never uses informants to conduct sting operations."
"Since no one reported it, then at the Sansha Mine, the inspectors did not go down the mine, nor did they interrogate any miners, but directly closed the Sansha Mine. In the review of Supervisor Chen Qifa, is this behavior completely legal and compliant?"
Chen Qifa smiled and said, "That's because Boss Lu, you yourself admitted that your coal mine violated the rules. Even if your coal mine did not violate the rules, your actions were provocative and interfered with the normal law enforcement actions of law enforcement officers. According to the inspection regulations, your coal mine can also be closed down."
Lu Ming nodded: "I have no problem for now."
In the plaintiff's seat, Cui Xiaodong sighed inwardly. He had been seeing his senior sister Huang Guirong and Chen Qifa whispering to each other. Obviously, all this had been prepared long ago. His senior sister was indeed amazing.
Moreover, why does it feel like the other party knows what Boss Lu wants to attack
This is a bit bad. When the other party understands our strategy, they can be fully prepared to interpret those laws and regulations containing lakes in their favor. In Montenegro, or in Jiangning Province, those laws and regulations containing lakes originally gave law enforcement agencies ample room for interpretation, so that many law enforcement behaviors that are unreasonable can be interpreted as legal and compliant.
Seeing Boss Lu sitting back in the plaintiff's seat with an expressionless face, Cui Xiaodong didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Over there, Huang Guirong had already stood up and walked to the witness stand.
The questions and answers seemed to have been rehearsed.
Basically, the questioning and answering between Huang Guirong and Chen Qifa was about demonstrating the violations of mining safety regulations by the eleven coal mines that had been sealed off.
The Sansha Mine and the other two coal mines where law enforcement officers had never gone down to the mines were all operators or workers who provoked the law enforcement officers, so they were sealed off.