Chinese Lives

Last year in Manchester UK, a similar case was that hundreds people quequed up to withdraw cash from a malfunctioning ATM which gave out double times of the amount you required. At the time, it was treated as a laugh and late comers regret about losing the chance. I am not sure how those mass amount people got punished, but definitely not life.

This young man named Xu Ting who fled with 170,000 RMB stolen from malfunctioning ATM one year before turned himself in, has triggered a months long arguments on internet forums on whether the life sentence is fair.

It is agreed that Xu Ting has commit stealing from bank. He should be locked in prison for one year or two based on returning the money and having paid the fine, since his friend who stole 18,000 got only one year.

However, the court recons a heavy punishment should be used on this deliberately malicious crime. Xu Ting clearly knew the stealing and did not plan to return when he repeated deliberate cashing 171 times and fled.

Xu Ting’s father now studied law himself and tried to convince the court to lesson the sentence in the forthcoming trail.

The double standard in treating financial criminals infuriate people. Why some peole stole millions don’t get life sentence? Old people said, in Mao’s time, government employee had death sentence for very small corruption, which was strict but warning and equal.

China is progressing fast towards law and order. Xu’s case will be a good legal education for both the government and people.