The trial of Rodson and others took only one day. Lawyers were assigned to Rodson and others, and a jury was also involved in the trial. However, in just one day, the trials were all over and the verdict was pronounced. Nine people including Rodson were sentenced to death, and the remaining ten were sentenced to death.
The four were sentenced to life imprisonment to prison terms.
Moreover, this special court for Anshan people has no appeal mechanism.
The traditional death penalty in Anshan is not electrocution, hanging, shooting, or even beheading, but beheading.
However, according to Anshan tradition, the death penalty will be carried out after autumn, usually in October, which is more than three months away.
Even the spouses of several culprits such as Roderson were tried in absentia and sentenced to death. This is Anshan traditional law. It believes that the benefits obtained by powerful criminals during their crimes are fully enjoyed by their spouses, so they must jointly bear the blame.
In the past, even children had to be punished equally, but now things have improved a bit.
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The reception room of the penthouse suite at the Red Rose Hotel.
Lu Ming sipped tea slowly. He had just returned from Montenegro. In the past few days, he had mainly inspected the construction of the airport.
At the same time, there are small airports in Nanping and Wanzhou that can be used as temporary relay stations.
Even this small airport in Shengjing can be used as a temporary military airport when urgently needed.
This airport was originally privately owned by Baron Roderson. When the riots broke out, it was immediately occupied by the Black Mountain Air Service. Now, it has been auctioned by Commissioner Zhang. The bidding price is confidential and is actually 1 yuan.
The property of Rhodes and other Western corrupt criminal groups was handled in this way. After being confiscated and auctioned, most of it became the private property of the four major warlords, and a small amount was auctioned by representatives in Shengjing.
When Lu Ming came and went this time, he took Shengjing Airport and flew to Heishan. The straight-line distance is about 700 kilometers and takes one and a half hours.
However, today's propeller aircraft are not as comfortable as jet aircraft in previous generations, especially for long distances. Lu Ming was already a little dizzy from the noise. The main reason was that Baron Rodson's special plane was old and the cabin noise reduction technology was seriously outdated.
The noise is so loud that even wearing headphones is a bit unbearable.
But the guest has been here several times, and he has been in Montenegro. He came again early this morning to wait, and it is not easy for him to come back tomorrow.
At this time, I slowly sipped my tea and listened to the Westerners on the other side talking.
Hofers is not here, although he introduced the person.
He is a middle-level manager of Phila Bank, named Shirav, a middle-aged gentleman in his forties.
Fila Bank is a bank controlled by Fila Petroleum Consortium. It has not been very prominent in the financial industry. However, in Shengjing, Fila Bank is the most important bank linking the finance between the north and the south. In addition to the background of Fila Consortium, Shengjing
No matter how chaotic the situation was, Fila Bank was not affected. Soldiers from the four provinces even immediately set up defenses outside Fila Bank, strictly prohibiting real thugs from causing trouble, but also preventing refugees seeking refuge from approaching.
Shirav was coughing. He didn't seem to be in good health and his face was weak and pale. Maybe the recent events had a great psychological impact on him. This is inevitable for any Westerner in Shengjing, even if it is temporarily affected.
Protected from harm.
"This is my thanks to you..." Shiraf handed a check to Lu Ming, the amount was five thousand yuan.
He asked around and found out that his sister was not dead or captured by the Anshan people, but was hiding in the Montenegro Special Administrative Region. Therefore, he found Hofers through hard work and begged Hofers repeatedly. He wanted to
I met with Commissioner Zhang, but Hofers never agreed to introduce him, so he insisted on coming every day.
Hofers couldn't resist him and finally told Commissioner Zhang about his situation. It seemed that Commissioner Zhang was very kind and even agreed to see him.
He did not have as much money as his brother-in-law, so he could only use his own savings as much as possible, hoping that Commissioner Zhang would be lenient and allow his sister to continue to stay in the concession area and not to hand it over to the Anshan people's court.
Looking at Shirav who was pleading with him, Lu Ming sighed softly. It is indeed rare to see such a strong family relationship between Western brothers and sisters, who are thirty or forty years old.
Schiff's sister, Lady Britney, is a close friend of Lady Audrey's circle. Her husband was sentenced to death together with Baron Rodson. Britney is also one of the escaped death row inmates.
After thinking for a while, Lu Ming said: "There is no need for money. Where is your hometown? How about arranging for Mrs. Britney to return to her hometown?"
Shiraf smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency Commissioner, our grandparents committed crimes and were exiled. Where can we find our hometown? Our family is heavily in debt in our hometown. If we go back, we will only get stones thrown at us. No one will sympathize with us when we beg. We can only survive."
starve."
Lu Ming nodded, "Okay then, I'll give the money to her so that I can have some capital in the concession and start a small business."
After listening to Lu Ming's words, Yu Luan next to Lu Ming took the check and refreshed the records. Naturally, she was the one to handle this kind of thing.
Shirav was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "In short, I leave everything to the Commissioner!" Originally, the money was given to Commissioner Zhang in front of him, but I don't know if he thought it was too little or something, and said he would transfer it to his sister, but
Everything can only be left to fate. After all, this is my ability, and it is impossible to spend a large amount of money.
Not long after Shiraf left, Hofers was brought in.
Although the Red Rose Hotel belongs to Hofers, the current presidential suite on the top floor is not something he can just come to.
Legally speaking, the property rights of the presidential suite already belong to "Commissioner Zhang".
Hofers had to give it to him. Originally, he was going to give half of the hotel shares to Lu Ming. The share transfer agreement was already written and was just waiting for Lu Ming to sign.
For him, this was a blessing among misfortunes. Such a horrific riot, which was an act of resistance to carve up Westerners' property, was able to escape unscathed, with no harm to his family and most of the money he had accumulated.
Only half of the property had to be given away to the hotel. Compared with those friends who were sentenced to half of their lives, or even disappeared without trial at all, this outcome was much luckier.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Moreover, for the sake of the future, the Red Rose Hotel gave half of it to Commissioner Zhang, which is equivalent to getting Zhang's amulet.
Unexpectedly, Commissioner Zhang refused to sign no matter what.
The last time he talked about this matter, Hofers almost cried. He even doubted that his old friend wanted all his property.
Seeing him like that, Lu Ming finally had no choice but to agree to Hofers' proposal to transfer the property rights to the top floor of the hotel to himself.
The environment here is really good, and in the past, it was Hofers who entertained important guests, and he basically never received paying guests in the regular business. Transferring it to him would have no impact on his operation of the hotel.
During the Great Riots, the Red Rose Hotel once sheltered many Westerners, and now it has a particularly good reputation among Westerners.
The same is true for the Montenegro Special Administrative Region and itself. It has a very high image among Westerners. Today, there are still thousands of Westerners staying in the concession, and they dare not return to their original communities for the time being.
Looking at Hofers, Lu Ming thought about this and said: "The Human Rights Observation Group is working for the legitimate rights and interests of the Grifenni group. We will not move those sentenced by the Anshan Court. We will first stabilize the resettlement of the innocent Griffinis."
Fenni group, to achieve ethnic reconciliation in Shengjing, and you, during this time, go to the refugee camps in the Black Mountain Concession more often, talk to them more, and reassure them."
Hofers was stunned after hearing Lu Ming's words. Why did he hear this? What else did Commissioner Zhang think about the trial in Anshan Court? It was obviously a foregone conclusion.
Lu Ming would never talk to Hofers too much.
Although the governors of the four provinces in Shengjing turned into bandit leaders, from another perspective, it was also good for the people in the northern region to treat Westerners with a normal attitude.
Therefore, I acquiesced to everything that happened here.
Of course, if he wanted to stop it, the Montenegro Special Administrative Region might start a war with the four major provinces and the Kingdom of Japan at the same time. The result is self-evident.
It's just that the wheels of history are rolling, and although I try to minimize its negative impact, from an individual point of view, how many innocent lives have been brutally killed in this great change?
Thinking about it, I can only sigh.
The hero of troubled times, with his own character, is actually not qualified, but he has managed to get to where he is now step by step.
What will happen in the future? For the first time, I am a little confused.
