A photo of Ai Mei and her husband, Wang Mou Tian. Provided by the interviewee. On December 16th, Ai Mei was injured by her husband's violence. Provided by the interviewee. A commitment letter written by Wang Mou Tian before marriage and a guarantee letter after marriage. Photographed by Wang Xue Min.
统筹: Xin Kuai Daily reporter Li Hui. Reporting: Xin Kuai Daily reporters Wang Xue Min, Zhang Hua, intern Bian Jia Huan. Video: Online exposure of court clerk abusing pregnant wife and father-in-law. Source: Southern Television's "Today's Frontline".
A post titled "Perverted civil servant beats pregnant wife and father-in-law and repeatedly rapes wife in public places" has been circulating online for nearly a month since it was posted on January 17th. The poster is the "victim", who claims that her husband is a civil servant at the Zhongshan Intermediate People's Court, who has repeatedly beaten her and her father, and forced sexual relations with her in some public places. As of last night, the post had nearly 50,000 clicks and over 663 replies. Yesterday, Xin Kuai Daily reporters contacted the poster, Ai Mei, and her husband, Wang Mou Tian. Ai Mei stated that the issues raised in her post are absolutely true, while Wang Mou Tian admitted to being a clerk at the Zhongshan Intermediate People's Court and a civil servant, but denied the accusations in the post. When interviewed by the reporter, he repeatedly stated that "the truth will be revealed by the court tomorrow."
The woman involved disclosed details in an interview, and it is claimed that the court will hold a closed-door trial today.
Woman's Post
Claims of "Sexual Violence and Sexual Abuse" by Husband
In a post on the Tianya Community, the poster, Ai Mei, urgently appeals that her husband, Wang Mou Tian, is a clerk at the Zhongshan Intermediate People's Court (referred to as "Zhongshan Intermediate Court"). After marriage, her husband has continuously subjected her to domestic violence, sexual violence, and sexual abuse, and has repeatedly insulted her parents. During her menstrual cycle and pregnancy, he did not stop having sexual intercourse, causing her to bleed continuously and requiring her to take medication to preserve the fetus. When she was three months pregnant, he physically assaulted both her and her father. Ai Mei wrote in her post, "I can no longer bear it, so I reported it to the police. He told me and my family, 'I am from the court, you can sue wherever you want, the court is my home,' 'Is it really that impressive to be a civil servant in an enforcement agency? He is too abusive."
On January 18th, the day after Ai Mei posted her story, a netizen named "Wang20121212" replied, saying, "As the saying goes, 'One day of marriage equals a hundred days of grace.' If we cannot be a couple in this life, there is no need to become enemies. Others still keep 'family shame' private, but now we have exposed our 'ugliness' to the whole world. I have not given you a happy marriage or a joyful life. As a husband, I should reflect on myself. Here, I express deep apologies to you; due to not handling the relationship between both sets of parents well, our marriage fell into crisis, and because we did not calmly face each other, it led to the current situation. I feel deeply pained, and I believe you also empathize; when you were hospitalized for four days after the abortion, I specially took leave to accompany you. For those four days, I stayed by your side. During your hospitalization, not only was I constantly by your side, but your father-in-law also cared for you more than ten hours every day. Just a few days after the abortion, with the wound protected by tissue, would I dare to act recklessly? Could I act recklessly? Moreover, the toilet is less than two meters away from the room."
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Narrating the Marriage
Engaged in the Morning and Proposed in the Evening
Yesterday, the reporter met with the poster, Ai Mei, at Zhongshan Lang Qing Xuan. She told the reporter that she is from Jilin Province, 32 years old, and returned to China in July last year to take care of her parents in Zhongshan. Before returning, she spent eight years in Singapore, teaching at an international kindergarten. Due to the nature of her work, she rarely interacted with men, so she had never been in a romantic relationship. It wasn't until after returning to China that she met Wang Mou Tian through acquaintances. "That morning after meeting through matchmaking, he invited me out in the evening and proposed to me. Although I had a good impression of him the first time, it was too hasty, so I didn't agree," Ai Mei said to the reporter. Unexpectedly, a month later, Wang Mou Tian's parents came to ask me to marry him, saying they had already sent out wedding invitations and booked banquet halls in their hometown in Gansu. If the wedding didn't happen, they wouldn't have the face to return to Gansu, but my parents still refused. Ai Mei further informed the reporter that during their interactions, Wang Mou Tian often touched her inappropriately, which was very impolite. "Previously, I mentioned this to my mother, but she said he is an adult, so it's not strange. Unbeknownst to us, after marriage, he became even crazier, frequently showing me nude photos of his ex-girlfriend, telling me to learn from her."
It is understood that on August 30, 2011, less than two months after meeting, Ai Mei and Wang Mou Tian officially registered their marriage in Zhongshan. This "lightning-fast" union seemed to set the stage for their painful marriage that lasted less than half a year.
Pre-marriage Kneeling Outside the Door Made the Elders Soft-hearted
"My daughter has always been very obedient and gentle since childhood, with a rather weak personality. Because her age was getting up there, my wife and I hoped she would find a good home soon. Although Wang Mou Tian's family background was not good, his initial impression was very good, and he spoke sweetly, so my wife particularly liked him. When we rejected the marriage proposal the next day, Wang Mou Tian knelt from the entrance of the neighborhood all the way to our doorstep, asking us to give our daughter to him, and signed a pre-marriage commitment letter: not allowing divorce after marriage, mutual respect, trust, tolerance, and fidelity..." Ai Mei's father told the reporter. The reporter noticed that this pre-marriage commitment letter was signed by both parties, their parents. Regarding Ai Mei's marriage, her father regretfully expressed: At the time, we mainly thought Wang Mou Tian was a civil servant at the Zhongshan Intermediate People's Court, certainly highly educated, and his character wouldn't be too bad. Plus, his parents were employees of a certain public institution, so we agreed to the marriage out of soft-heartedness. Unexpectedly, when we went to their hometown in Jinchang, Gansu for the wedding, Wang Mou Tian turned his back on us and unreasonably demanded that we, the female party, give them 18,000 yuan as a gift. We disagreed, and he cursed loudly. We got so angry that we wanted to go home and not hold the wedding. However, his family chased us to the train station, begging us to stay and signing another guarantee letter on the spot.
Post-marriage Claims of Continuous Spousal Abuse
"Wang Mou Tian's personality is very suspicious, often suspecting others of luring me or me luring others. I remember last September, we were taking wedding photos at Zhongshan Jin Fu Ren. A young man took our pictures, and during the process, we casually chatted. He felt that the other person was luring me and started cursing without discernment. Later, when my family and I went to pick out the photos, that young man avoided us from afar, making us feel very embarrassed. Another time was when we were renovating our house, I was ironing clothes outside, and Wang Mou Tian suspected that I was luring the workers, forcing me to go back inside and not come out..." Ai Mei told the reporter, thus leading to frequent arguments between them. Additionally, Wang Mou Tian often abused her, "During my menstrual cycle and my pregnancy, he never stopped having sexual intercourse." As a result, she bled continuously and had to take medicine to preserve the fetus.
"To help get the birth certificate for the baby, I went back to my hometown in Jilin for more than a week. During that time, I don't know what happened, but when I returned to Zhongshan from Jilin, he became very cold towards me. Especially his mother acted strangely, whichever blanket Ai Mei and Wang Mou Tian slept under, she took it, then took another one, and she still took it. Whichever pillow they used, she also took it. Eventually, his mother took the blankets and pillows to her room, and then Wang Mou Tian went to sleep with his mother and locked the door. On December 16th, due to losing a thermos bottle, I had a conflict with his mother, and when he came home, he dragged me off the bed onto the floor without saying a word, and beat me up. Two days later, he actually forcibly pulled me into the car in broad daylight in the parking lot of Zhongshan No.1 Middle School and sexually assaulted me. In his office at his workplace, when no one was around, he also forcibly had sex with me. I kneeled down multiple times pleading for mercy, begging him to spare me and the poor child in my belly..." Ai Mei cried as she told the reporter.
Event Progress
Unit Discipline Department Intervenes in Investigation
According to the phone number provided by Ai Mei, the reporter called Director Huang of Wang Mou Tian's department yesterday afternoon. Upon learning the reporter's identity, Director Huang stated that Wang Mou Tian is not in his department, and he doesn't know which department Wang Mou Tian belongs to. Regarding the relevant handling opinions of the Intermediate Court on Wang Mou Tian, Director Huang said, "I don't know if he is currently working normally, and I am unclear about the handling opinion. In any case, the matter has been handed over to the discipline inspection and supervision department of the Intermediate Court for handling, and I don't know anything else." He then hung up hurriedly. The reporter then called the director of the discipline inspection and supervision department of the Intermediate Court to inquire about the progress, and the response was, "We just started handling it last week, and we are currently investigating. We will notify the female party and her family if there are any developments." Before the reporter could finish speaking, the director hung up the phone citing a meeting.
Key Words
Regarding Domestic Violence
Police: Three People Injured on the Day of the Incident
Ai Mei told the reporter that the most serious conflict between the two occurred on December 16th last year. Around 4 PM that day, because she lost a thermos bottle, her mother-in-law criticized her, and they subsequently had some arguments. After Wang Mou Tian learned about this incident when he came home from work, he threw her suitcases, clothes, and other luggage out to the elevator area outside. She called her father to handle the situation. "When my dad arrived, Wang Mou Tian punched his face and hit him with a chair," Ai Mei said.
Mr. Zuo, Ai Mei's father, introduced that around 6 PM that evening, he went to his daughter's house to mediate. "At the time, I thought young people arguing was just a momentary impulse, nothing serious. I smiled and told Wang, let's talk things out nicely, don't get agitated. My daughter moved the luggage back inside, and Wang Mou Tian didn't allow it, tearing at it with Ai Mei. He kicked Ai Mei. Seeing my daughter being beaten, I rushed forward to stop it, but unexpectedly, Wang Mou Tian turned around and gave me two punches, leaving my face numb. Subsequently, my daughter called the police, and both sides stopped the tussling," Mr. Zuo said. "Later, I sat on the sofa smoking, and Wang Mou Tian kept yelling, forbidding smoking in his house, then picked up a chair and hit me. At that time, I was completely unprepared."
The reporter verified the situation with the Shiqi District Public Security Bureau, and the police confirmed that on December 16th last year, they indeed received a call regarding domestic violence as described by Ai Mei. When the police arrived at the scene, all three were injured to varying degrees, so they suggested both parties go to the hospital for injury examination. Subsequently, the male party's unit, the Zhongshan Intermediate People's Court, intervened to mediate the matter.
Regarding Illegitimate Child
Ai Mei: Saying My Nephew Is My Illegitimate Son
"After marriage, Wang Mou Tian never visited my parents' house, and he disliked me going back to my maternal home. Once, I went back to see my nephew who had pneumonia, and upon returning home, Wang Mou Tian flew into a rage at me. Moreover, he maliciously slandered me, claiming that my nephew was my illegitimate son. How could that be?" As Ai Mei spoke, she brought out the household registration book from the room. The reporter saw in the household registration book that the head of the household is Ai Mei's father, the eldest son is Ai Mei's brother, and on the last page, it records the information of the nephew Ai Mei mentioned, with the relationship to the head of the household marked as "grandson."
"This is my younger brother and sister-in-law's wedding photo, this is my young nephew's photo, and here is their family portrait of three people. Since my younger brother and sister-in-law are busy abroad, they left the child at home for a while. Unexpectedly, Wang Mou Tian actually suspected that the child was mine from abroad," Ai Mei said.
Regarding Forgery of Official Seal
Claiming Her Husband Forged an Official Seal
Ai Mei revealed that as a court staff member, Wang Mou Tian forged a community official seal. She said that shortly after marriage, she became pregnant, and to transfer his collective household registration at the Zhongshan Intermediate People's Court to the residential area where his mother owned property, and to obtain birth control certification for the child, due to the complicated procedures, Wang Mou Tian made multiple trips without success. To save time, Wang Mou Tian decided to forge the official seal of the Lianxin Community Residents Committee in Shiqi District, Zhongshan.
The reporter learned from the Lianxin Community Residents Committee in Shiqi District, Zhongshan yesterday that Wang Mou Tian indeed submitted some certificates to the community residents committee at the end of last year. "However, at that time, he was transferring his household registration from Dong District to Shiqi District. If the procedures were complete, we would have processed it. But whether his birth control certificate originated from our community, we currently cannot verify," the community stated.
Subsequently, the reporter found Tang, who carved the official seal for Wang Mou Tian. He said that previously, a couple drove to find him to carve an official seal, with the content being "Lianxin Community Residents Committee of Zhongshan City." The man said he worked in legal matters, knew the law, and these small official seals were no problem, so there was no need to worry. He needed it for overseas procedures and wouldn't break the law. Later, I agreed to carve the official seal for him at a price of 138 yuan, without asking specifically what it was for. Soon, the man's wife came holding a "Lianxin Community Residents Committee of Zhongshan City" official seal and asked me if it was carved by me. I immediately recognized it as the one I carved last time. Then the woman said her husband was a civil servant at the Intermediate People's Court and planned to make another one, asking me to provide a telephone number to her. "The woman was very polite and exceptionally beautiful, so they left a deep impression on me. As soon as she came, I recognized her," Mr. Tang said.
Regarding Sexual Assault in Public Places
Ai Mei: Forced Relations Under the Pretense of Helping Her Go to the Restroom
Ai Mei claimed, "On December 24, 2011, accompanied by him and his father along with my family members, I underwent an induced abortion at Bo'ai Hospital, and it was a boy. But who would have expected that on the second day after the abortion, he pushed me in a wheelchair for a check-up, and on the way back, he pretended to help me go to the restroom and again had sexual relations with me in the restroom. This almost killed me! I had just undergone surgery and had no strength at all, with no ability to resist." Ai Mei's expression was extremely painful.
Yesterday, the reporter saw from Ai Mei's ultrasound digital examination report form dated December 16th at the People's Hospital of Zhongshan that fetal blood flow signals were detected, and from the disease certificate of the People's Hospital, it showed bruising on the left arm. Subsequently, the reporter went to the hospital where Ai Mei had the abortion to understand the situation. The nurse responsible for following up on Ai Mei's case at the hospital, Miss Liu, said, "When Ai Mei came to the hospital, her left arm was indeed injured, and she was very afraid of her husband staying overnight. She requested me to use the excuse that the hospital does not allow overnight stays to drive him away. Regarding her claim of being raped by her husband in the hospital restroom, I did not personally witness it, but our obstetrics and gynecology ward does have restrooms that are shared by both genders, and they are located at the back of the hospital corridor, in a relatively secluded place, so even if she shouted for help, it wouldn't be surprising that no one heard."
Male Party: Media Reports Are One-sided, Trial Not Open to the Public Today
Around 2 PM yesterday, the reporter went to Wang Mou Tian's home, repeatedly knocking on the door but receiving no response. About fifteen minutes later, the sound of unlocking came from inside the gate, followed by a man (this person is Wang Mou Tian) walking out from inside. The reporter approached and explained the purpose, and Wang Mou Tian's father immediately shut the door and locked it from the inside. Wang Mou Tian indicated that he was going to work and was unavailable for interviews. After repeated questioning by the reporter, Wang Mou Tian revealed, "Tomorrow (the 14th), the First Court will conduct a non-public trial of this case, and I believe there will be a public outcome at that time. Personally, I do not want to explain anything further. No matter how I explain, it seems somewhat one-sided. Moreover, I feel that the media coverage of this event is also very one-sided, so let's wait until after the court trial tomorrow." Regarding the publicity of family matters and media involvement, Wang Mou Tian sighed, "This matter has caused great impact on me, my parents, and my work, especially my mother, who is not in good health, and she has returned to Gansu to recuperate due to this matter."