Chapter 1421: This World Is Too Crazy
"I also think this result is incredible, because their hijacking behavior not only caused the plane to be destroyed, but also led to the death of 26 people, this kind of crime can be described as a heinous crime, not killing is not enough to anger the people, and it should definitely be sentenced to death or life imprisonment." Barrister Qiu Ruyun said.
"Isn't there the death penalty in the laws of Hong Kong or Macau?" Liu Yudong asked.
"Hong Kong's penal code originally provided for the death penalty, but it has not been carried out since 66 years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a virtual reality." Qiu Ruyun introduced.
"Why not execute? Isn't this a typical failure to follow the law? Liu Yudong continued to ask.
"It's about the history of Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong is a British colony, the legal system follows the legal system of the developed countries of Western Europe, that is, the common law system, which is very different from our traditional civil law system. British criminal law does not provide for the death penalty, so Hong Kong, as a British colony, has never been executed in line with the United Kingdom, despite the death penalty. Qiu Ruyun explained.
"What about Macau? Does Macau's penal code have the death penalty? Liu Yudong continued to ask.
"Macau's criminal law is the most bizarre, not only does they not have the death penalty, but they also do not even have life imprisonment or life imprisonment, and the maximum sentence is only 30 years." Qiu Ruyun said.
"Even if there is no death penalty in the criminal law, if the hijacker cannot be sentenced to death, a fixed-term prison sentence is always possible, right? That can't be acquitted. Geng Qian said.
"Such a strange verdict is said to be the result of the Hong Kong and Macao governments fighting each other." Chen Lei said.
"Oh, there is such a thing? How can such a big thing be a fight with each other? Wu Qianqian asked.
"Yes. The Macao and Portuguese authorities shirked their responsibilities, saying that there were the largest number of Hong Kong passengers on the plane at that time, suggesting that the case should be tried by Hong Kong, and on the pretext that the Macao and Portuguese authorities could not sentence the crimes committed on British planes flying in international airspace. The British government in Hong Kong shirked its responsibility, saying that the place of the accident was the Chinese community, and Hong Kong had no jurisdiction to judge. The two families went back and forth, and no one wanted to take over the case, and in the end, they were simply acquitted. Chen Lei introduced.
"Brother Chen, is this hijacker really okay in the end?" Geng Qian asked.
"In this hijacking, he was really fine. However, he is said to have returned to the mainland city of Zhongshan, where he was arrested by the mainland police after the liberation of Zhongshan and sentenced to four years in prison. Chen Lei introduced.
"Oh, this can be regarded as the resumption of the French Open, negligent but not leaky. Captain Chen, besides, do you have any typical hijacking cases? Geng Qian asked.
"Of course, there have been hijackings in recent years, and they have caused very large number of deaths. For example, in September 1974, a Vietnam Airlines plane was hijacked by a man armed with a grenade, and because the crew did not cooperate with them, the hijackers detonated the grenade, causing the plane to crash and killing all 70 people on board. ”
After taking a sip of wine, Chen Lei continued: "Another example is that on December 4, 1977, a Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur was hijacked by several heavily armed hijackers, and when they asked to fly to Singapore, they got into an argument with the pilot in the cockpit and killed him. However, the hijackers did not know how to fly the plane, which eventually led to the crash of the Boeing 737, which killed more than 100 people. Actually......"
"Brother Chen, what is it?"
"In fact, in addition to the heavy casualties caused by the crash of the plane due to the hijacking at high altitude, a considerable part of the casualties were caused on the ground." Chen Lei said.
"Oh, it's so fresh, how can the plane be parked on the ground, how can it cause a lot of casualties?" Cui Yingying asked.
The reason for this is this, because in the vast majority of aircraft hijacking incidents, the crew will often cooperate with the hijackers' request to drive the plane to the destination designated by the hijackers, the purpose of this is not that the crew is greedy for life and fear of death, but to appease the emotions of the hijackers as much as possible, reduce the risk of accidents or crashes in the air, and ensure the safety of passengers to the greatest extent. Because, everyone knows that once the plane lands on the ground, its safety factor will be much greater than when it is in the air. Chen Lei explained.
"Brother Chen, on the 10th of this month, when your plane was hijacked, did you think about it when you obediently handed over control of the plane to Bingel, the head of the hijacking?" Hu Manru asked.
"Mr. Hu, I did think about it this way at the time, that is, if Mr. Zhang hadn't made a move at that time, the plane would have probably flown back to Dubai Airport. But what I need to correct is that I was not obedient at the time, but had no choice but to hand over control of the plane to Bingle. What I didn't expect was that Bingel's level of piloting the plane was indeed too high, which reminded me of a classic line in a sketch: The world is too crazy, a terrorist doesn't kill people, but becomes an airplane pilot. ”