On October 24, 2022, Jiangxi old man Wang Kangfu died. In his 80 years of life, he has been complaining about the crime of purging himself for rape. Now, the long punishment has finally come to an end.
Wang Kangfu's complaint information has some photos and images. He has a clean appearance, his hair is neatly combed, and he always wears a white shirt with a collar. Such dressing in a countryside where agricultural labor is needed is a manifestation of self-discipline and a unique way for teachers to wear.
is exactly the teacher profession that Wang Kangfu loves, which brings him endless stigma.
In 1966, Wang Kangfu, who was then a teacher at Qinshui Primary School in Lianhua County, Jiangxi Province, was accused of raping two and molesting 10 female students and sentenced to 510 years in prison for . Before this, teaching Yu Qinshui Primary School was the most relaxing time in Wang Kangfu's life. His father was a Kuomintang officer and he was re-accepted by society. During his seven years of teaching career, he was serious in class and often took students out for activities after class, which was popular among students.
initially, the working group that settled in the school suspected that Wang Kangfu had committed improper behavior to the female students and asked Qinshui Primary School teachers Cao Jing'an and He Enlian to investigate and talk to the female classmates in Wang Kangfu's class. Then, the Lianhua County People's Court issued a first-instance judgment, and Wang Kangfu was dissatisfied with the appeal. In December of the same year, the Ji'an Intermediate People's Court upheld the original judgment in the second instance.
Wang Kangfu wrote in the "Defendant's Opinions" column of the entrusted verdict record: I did not rape a female classmate.
refusal to plead guilty aggravated Wang Kangfu's punishment, and he was sent to the West Farm in Poyang Lake City for 9 years of labor reform. And then, this courage to fight for justice in despair led him to the path of complaints for nearly half a century. When he was young, Wang Kangfu loved to read Lu Xun. The tone of this literary master was always cold and low, and he never shouted at the top of his throat, but it was as hard and tough as diamond inside. Wang Kangfu also has such a texture deep in his spirit.
In 1978, Wang Kangfu saw that many places were rehabilitating false and wrong cases, and had the idea of appealing. The former teacher wrote letters to the female students asking about the situation back then. The students quickly replied, denied being "rape and molested" and explained that they were guided and threatened back then, and signed the investigation report accusing Wang Kangfu. The statements of "victim" gave Wang Kangfu the confidence to regain his innocence.
In 1987, after many years of complaints, Wang Kangfu received the "Notice on Replying to Wang Kangfu's Complaint in Lianhua County", and still upheld the first and second instance judgments. The notice stated that the victim denied that the original report was due to Wang Kangfu's collusion, so it was invalid.
now no one knows how Wang Kangfu felt when he saw this page notification. In addition to continuing complaints, life continues. In 1979, the principal of Shishi Primary School invited him to be a substitute Chinese teacher. His seriousness, patience and good literary literacy made him once again an excellent teacher and gradually gain respect in school and village. A few years later, Wang Kangfu won the first prize of "Best Class in Primary Chinese" in the county-wide teaching evaluation.
In addition to teaching, Wang Kangfu grew vegetables, watermelons, raised eels, and raised four children with his wife. His life gradually got on track. The burden brought by stigma has not been slightly reduced by the normalization of life. Over the past few decades, Wang Kangfu has hired six lawyers and his complaint letter has been repeated in institutions such as Lianhua County People's Court, Ji'an Intermediate People's Court, Pingxiang Intermediate People's Court, Jiangxi Higher People's Court, and other institutions. He also stated his request for rehabilitation to many media.
The only grievances left behind in the chaotic era, many people around him do not understand his almost stubborn desire for "innocence" in the legal sense. Those who persuaded him to give up include his family. This shadow covering the family gives the whole family a centripetal force, and inevitably wears out the daily happiness.
For Wang Kangfu, is the psychological significance greater than the actual significance after the complaint? No one knows. I can only guess that through the continuous efforts, he may have achieved some kind of self-salvation.Philosopher Nietzsche advocates overcoming this era in oneself. Wang Kangfu overcomes more than one era. Like Sisyphus who pushed a stone up the mountain in vain, his spiritual will never fall.
On December 20, 2021, Wang Kangfu suffered a heart attack; on January 3, his condition worsened and he had difficulty breathing, and the hospital issued a critical illness notice . On the 28th, the "Notice on the Results of Criminal Complaints of the Supreme People's Procuratorate" issued, and Wang Kangfu's complaint was not supported.
Daughter Azhen remembered that during that period, his father Wang Kangfu was extremely depressed, with frequent stomach bleeding and heart disease. After getting better, Wang Kangfu once again strives for rehabilitation, and worked with lawyers to write letters to National People's Congress , Jiangxi Provincial Higher People's Court and other institutions, responded to the inspection team, and applied to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for a hearing 26 times. He had been shouting at an invisible high wall for too long.
Yesterday, this sad voice came to an abrupt end. Wang Kangfu's life eventually became a gray footnote. In an interview, he said: "I don't blame anyone. I just hope that the law can give me a belated justice and let me leave this world innocently."
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Written by | Luo Lan
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