Southern Daily News (Reported by Sun Ying) - The highly anticipated rape case involving Song Shanmu, the former president of the well-known educational institution Shanmu Group, was retried last week to provide additional evidence on two issues raised during the first trial.
One of the pieces of evidence is a forensic identification report regarding the bedsheet. On the bedsheet where Luo Yun (a pseudonym) had sexual intercourse with Song Shanmu, no bloodstains belonging to Luo Yun were detected. This evidence is crucial in verifying Luo Yun's previous statement that "there was blood on the bedsheet when she was forced to have sexual intercourse." During the second trial, this evidence remained consistent with the first trial, showing "no STR profile detected."
The other supplementary evidence concerns the company's inquiry record about when they notified Song Shanmu to return to Shenzhen. This evidence also aligns with what was presented during the first trial and may involve the nature of the 3000 yuan Song Shanmu gave Luo Yun afterward.
Song Shanmu's defense lawyer, Gan Yongming, the head of Guangdong Chenggong Law Firm, introduced that these two pieces of evidence are critical in determining whether the sexual intercourse between Luo Yun and Song Shanmu was voluntary or forced. The court conducted further verification accordingly. According to Gan Yongming, since this trial only addressed the criminal aspects, Luo Yun did not appear in court.
â– Event Recap
On May 4th, a 22-year-old girl named Luo Yun, who had previously worked at the Shanmu Education Group, reported to the police that on the evening of May 3rd, she was taken by Song Shanmu to the Songquan Apartment in Luohu District, where she was threatened, had her nude photos taken, and was raped despite being on her period.
This incident was exposed by the media on May 12th. At around 5 PM on May 12th, accompanied by his lawyer, Song Shanmu went to the Dongxia Police Station in Luohu District for investigation. After more than 10 hours of questioning, at around 5 AM on May 13th, due to suspicion of rape, the police criminally detained Song Shanmu and took him to the Luohu Detention Center.
On May 19th, the Luohu Public Security Bureau requested the Luohu Procuratorate to approve the arrest of suspect Song Shanmu on charges of rape. On May 21st, the Luohu Procuratorate approved the arrest of Song Shanmu on charges of rape.
On July 13th, the Luohu Public Security Bureau requested the Shenzhen People's Procuratorate to approve the extension of the investigation detention period for suspect Song Shanmu, which was subsequently approved. Song Shanmu's detention was extended by one month, from July 22nd to August 21st.
On September 16th, the Luohu Procuratorate filed a public prosecution against Song Shanmu on charges of rape to the Luohu Court. On October 18th, the case underwent its first trial at the Luohu Court.