The Vice President's Residence in North Montenegro.
On TV, Han Annie was making her closing statement. In the black and white image, Han Annie looked even more dignified and beautiful in her professional suit.
This happened three days ago. Now with the support of Han Renwang, Zhu Zhenglong allowed reporters to take pictures on the last day of the trial. This is the footage recorded by the reporter from Kunlun TV.
For the world, this will be a very precious piece of historical footage in the future.
In front of the jury, Han Annie recounted the atrocities committed by Ma Quanyou's troops.
As Lu Ming listened, he turned off the TV. He emotionally couldn't accept the hell on earth that Han Annie described.
This is a TV videotape, not yet in the magnetic tape stage, and it is a steel tape record in an iron box.
Three days ago, after Han Annie made her closing statement, the jury unanimously ruled that Ma Quanyou and his 39 senior military officers had committed crimes against humanity.
Qi Huairen was also found guilty of dereliction of duty.
Zhu Zhenglong is still considering how to sentence Ma Quanyou and others. The sentence will be announced three days later, which is tomorrow.
As for Qi Huairen, the verdict was announced on the spot, and a lot of reasons were given. In short, although the civil court found Qi Huairen guilty, he was a military commander who directed military operations. Whether he was derelict in his duty was also within the norms of military behavior. Whether this court actually accepted him as a defendant or not still required the High Court to interpret the law.
Therefore, this court will seal the case files concerning Qi Huairen in this trial and submit them to the High Court. Whether it will be tried by another military court or something else remains to be decided by the High Court.
Although the atrocities committed by Ma Quanyou's group of military officers took place during military operations, they are outrageous to both humans and gods. They also slaughtered a large number of civilians and committed crimes against humanity. They will be sentenced in three days.
Richard's legal team was demoralized because Richard was suddenly poisoned. After their request for a postponement was unsuccessful, they adopted the strategy of collectively absenting themselves from the last class in protest, making the victory of the Montenegro legal team seem not so perfect.
I think after returning to the imperial capital, he will do all kinds of things to discredit the trial, but he will mainly question the procedural process of the trial and Richard's death, and will direct the blame towards Montenegro.
On the contrary, they will not pursue the verdict, because in the heart of the empire, there is no media ban in the northern border, and the atrocities committed by Ma Quanyou's troops have long been widely reported by Kunlun News Group's television, radio, and print media. The people will not stand on the side of the butcher.
After pondering for a while, Lu Ming looked at his watch again and said to the outside: "Prepare the car, go to the airport!"
Annie Han returns today, leaving Moxon to wait for the sentencing results.
This will also be an extremely important moment in the world's judicial history. It is the first time that a crime against humanity has occurred, and how the sentence is determined will have far-reaching consequences.
The irony is that such a lawsuit occurred in the lawless northern border.
Judge Zhu Zhenglong was definitely not thinking about the significance of this lawsuit, but rather asking experts from all parties to give advice on how to determine the sentence.
And in the eastern, central and western parts of the empire, countless judges in the courts would grit their teeth and think that this was a real waste of resources.
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The simple airport in Beining is already available. The route of the special plane to pick up Han Annie and Xue Zihan is from Beining to Shengjing, and then from Shengjing to Beiheishanbao.
Originally, Han Anni was supposed to come back tomorrow after hearing the verdict, but Xue Zihan secretly called and said that Han Anni was not emotionally stable.
In the car, Lu Ming felt secretly annoyed. Perhaps it was a mistake to give Han Annie the chance to make the closing statement
Facing the numerous atrocities committed by Ma Quanyou's troops in Songshan is actually a hellish torture for normal human beings.
If you want to present it to the whole world, you have to put your whole body and soul into it.
I felt uncomfortable just watching the video tape and listening to Han Annie's description, let alone Han Annie herself
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The small airport in North Montenegrin Fort was also built when the Montenegrin army liberated this place, and is also still under expansion.
Today's airports do not require maintenance in the jet age. In fact, the so-called expansion means building more concrete runways, aprons, hangars, etc. The construction speed is very fast, and the cost is not the kind of large investment and planning required in later generations.
A propeller plane landed lightly on the airport runway and slowly came to a stop without running very far.
Even light propeller fighters can take off with a distance of two or three meters from the runway, and when landing and opening the parachute, they only need a dozen meters of runway as a buffer.
Lu Ming got out of the car to greet him.
The two pretty figures that got off the plane were naturally Han Annie and Xue Zihan.
Seeing that Han Annie's face was not very good, Lu Ming picked up the two of them and the black car drove straight to the city.
The High Court of Northern Montenegro is located in the former Fengyuan Province's prayer hall, which was built by the former governor with the people's money. The five-story cylindrical building with a white dome is very magnificent.
Today, the fourth and fifth floors are the High Court area, the third floor is the North Montenegro First Circuit Court area, and the first and second floors are the offices of the North Montenegro Parliament.
Of course, the current members of Congress are all appointed directly by Lu Ming, and are selected by Lu Ming by drawing lots in each constituency. The power of the parliament is basically a decoration, and the members of Congress are replaced every three months. In essence, this is an enlightenment for the representatives of public opinion.
Not far from the High Court, there is an eight-story building, which is the tallest building in North Black Mountain Fort and the only building with an elevator.
Beiheishanbao, formerly Songshan City, is one of the most prosperous cities in Anshan, second only to Anshan City.
But there is only one eight-story building.
Moreover, this was originally one of the modern residences built for himself by the former governor. The former governor wanted to try something new and spent a huge amount of money to build an elevator villa like the Shengjing one, so it has eight floors and an elevator.
When this eight-story building was auctioned, it was bought by the representative of Prince Montenegro. It is now provided free of charge for residence of judges and staff of the Supreme Court and the First Circuit Court, as well as temporary quarters for members of Congress during their six-month term.
Lu Ming, Han Annie and Xue Zihan came to the top floor. The former governor also built a rooftop garden building, which has been renovated and decorated now.
The terrain in this area is already high, and as this is the top floor of the tallest building, this top-floor garden apartment naturally has a commanding view of the surrounding mountains.
Han Annie then became a little more energetic and followed Lu Ming to walk around the rooms, as well as the terrace garden, swimming pool and tennis court outside.
"This will be our new home from now on!" Lu Ming said to Han Annie with a smile, "Do you like it?"
Han Annie nodded gently: "Thank you!"
Lu Ming felt that Annie would definitely not want to live in his vice presidential residence because of the group of concubines he had, in name only.
So, just put her here.
Anne's thanks came naturally from the fact that she understood her and had put a lot of thought into the new residence.
"Zi Han, come live here with me!" said Han Annie.
Lu Ming nodded, "Okay, Zi Han will also be your assistant from now on."
"Thank you Sister Annie, thank you master!" There was some joy in Xue Zihan's eyes. It was naturally her dream to be able to be with her idol. Moreover, she had a lot of topics to talk about with Sister Annie and could also learn from her.
Lu Ming pondered and said, "Annie, on New Year's Day, the Montenegro Confederation will announce the establishment of the Montenegro Fort Principality. Zhenjiang Province, Montenegro Special District and Northern Montenegro will become part of the principality. The Montenegro Special District will be changed to the Montenegro Fort Autonomous Region, and Northern Montenegro will also become an autonomous region. At that time, you will be appointed as one of the seven chief justices of the Northern Montenegro Autonomous Region High Court. Zi Han will be your assistant legal officer for the time being!"
"Ah, thank you, sir!" Xue Zihan's starry eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation for a new life.
When she was forced to be given to "Commissioner Zhang" as his concubine, how could she have imagined that her future life would be so much more colorful than her fantasies in college
In fact, when you come into contact with the cold reality, you will realize that the fantasies you have in college are just daydreams.
But now, the real life in the future that beckons me is ten or even a hundred times more wonderful than that daydream.
Han Annie asked curiously, "The Principality of Black Mountain Castle?"
Lu Ming felt relieved and changed the subject. As expected, Annie turned her attention to him and said with a smile, "Well, it's still in the principality under the rule of the Kingdom of Griffinni. I have already informed the eldest prince, and he agreed very readily."
In fact, there is no need for Sister Windsor to lobby for this matter.
The "disastrous defeat on the Berne River" left the eldest prince humiliated and he was actively seeking peace.
For the warring parties, the eldest prince is the king of the Kingdom of Griffinni, and the second prince is the king of the Kingdom of Sonia.
The essence of the current war between the two sides is the fight for the throne of the emperor of the empire.
As for the throne of the other kingdom, both sides knew that it would be difficult to overthrow it. After all, it would require a war to annihilate the country.
If the two of them want to fight, the supporters behind each other will not support them. Federalism runs in the blood of the empire. If they can coexist in the form of a federation, the big nobles, the big bourgeoisie, the big financial groups, etc., no one will want to fight to the death with the other.
And now, because of the disastrous defeat on the Berne River, many autonomous states and provinces that have been waiting and watching may have tended to recognize the second prince as the heir to the imperial emperor.
In the Eastern Alliance, there were members who proposed to establish some degree of contact with the Second Prince.
And at this time, if I asked for the title of the Principality of Black Mountain Castle, not to mention the Northern Region Central Continental territory which was of no importance in the eyes of the eldest prince, even in the core area of the empire, I am afraid that I would agree, because this would be tantamount to the Holy Princess and the Prince of Black Mountain Castle. Not only would they be loyal to him, recognizing that he was still the King of the Kingdom of Griffinni, but they would also support his claim to the throne of the empire.
For the eldest prince, who is currently at the lowest point in his life, this support is very important.
Naturally, I also saw this opportunity and took what I needed.
Anne naturally didn't understand all these twists and turns. Lu Ming smiled and said, "After the establishment of the principality, the Prince of Montenegro will no longer serve as the president of Northern Montenegro, but will naturally become the head of state of the autonomous province and dominion within the principality. Northern Montenegro can no longer be a republic, but will become the Northern Montenegro Autonomous Region. I will serve as the governor and lord sent by the prince, but the rest of the structure does not need to change. Deng Xingjun will serve as the prime minister of the autonomous region and form a cabinet. This cabinet will be in the same line as the original Executive Yuan. Of course, the change from a republic to a dominion still needs a vote by the whole people to be legitimate and stand the test of history."
Han Annie was a little speechless, "Another referendum?"
In fact, the people in northern Montenegro today naturally vote according to what result Prince Montenegro wants.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Yes, there will be a second referendum within a year. It doesn't matter if we make a fuss. At least it can let the citizens and villagers know that everything counts only after voting. Their votes are actually very important, right?"
Han Annie pondered and nodded silently: "Well, you are right."