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Ms Liu

Are you Jane Liu's biological mother?

Yes

When did you send her

to the orphanage?

When she was ten

Why when she was ten?

Did something happen?

I used to rely on my mother

to take care of her

Then my mother died

I tried to take care of her myself

but I simply could not do it

How about Jane Li's father?

You don't know where he was?

Or you don't know who he was?

When I was pregnant with her, I was but 18

I was too young, too nave

I was reckless, so I wasn't sure

Do you know she had an accident

after you sent her to the orphanage?

I do

Please describe the accident

The orphanage said she was assaulted

Her legs were hurt during her escape

You mean sexually assaulted?

Yes

Did Jane Li tell you who raped her?

The dean told me

It was a male nurse

Did anyone call the police?

As far as I know, they didn't.

Supposedly the male nurse had left

After this incident,

did you find Jane Li to be any different?

I heard from the orphanage that

she was scared of men

Your Honor,

I have a psychiatric report of Jane Li

conducted after her incident

The report clearly stated that

the assault brought fear

and insecurity to Ms Li

It'd create difficulty

when she interacts with the opposite sex

During intimate contact,

it could trigger her earlier trauma

and evoke a feeling of sexual assault

This report also mentioned that

Jane Li had a low self-esteem

She lacked confidence

She yearned and feared of intimacy

at the same time

Therefore, the men she has met

did not actually assault her

But what once happened to her

would create faux feelings for her

She is unable to determine what is real

and what is not

Ms Liu...

I'd like to ask you

After your daughter had been assaulted,

did she receive any checkup

that would alleviate her fear?

There's none that I know of.

Never?

Did she still live

in the orphanage afterwards?

When she's 18,

she left the orphanage

I've never heard from her again

He did not violate me at all

He did not violate me at all

The Prosecution

has no questions for the witness

The Prosecution wishes to call Ms Jane Li

for supplementary testimony

Objection!

The Prosecution has rested already

The prosecutor

should be experienced enough

to know his request is contrary

to normal legal proceedings

I understand

But the testimony provided by Ms Liu

about Ms Li's experience in the orphanage

and her mental state are all hearsay

Isn't it better to ask Ms Li directly?

I thus request Your Honor

to use your discretion

to let the Prosecution call Ms Jane Li

to shed light on the truth of the events

Your Honor...

All right, I agree for now

Ms Liu, you can step down

Ms Li,

based on Ms Liu's descriptions just now,

I would like to ask

if you were sexually assaulted

by a male nurse at the orphanage

I'll ask you one more time

Is it true a male nurse sexually

assaulted you

at the orphanage?

Given enough time, doesn't a lie...

become the truth?

But in reality, is it true

or not?

Nurse Yip did not assault me at all

It's her man who raped me.

You are referring to?

That night...

her man

entered my room

He whispered in my ears

that he loved me very much

and began to kiss me

I thought he loved me

Then he began to touch my breasts

I kept crying

I said no to him

and then I felt an intense pain

I told him it hurt, it hurt...

It hurt so much...no!

I saw my mother standing at the door...

looking at me

Why didn't you help me?

Why didn't you help me?

Why could the man stay

after this vile act?

Why should I be punished?

Why?

Sorry...Sorry!

Mom didn't want this happen too

Why?

To protect you,

I sent you to the orphanage

No more excuses!

It's true!

Don't say you were protecting me!

Sorry

You simply didn't want me!

I had to face it myself

while you and that man lived

as if nothing had happened

Also...

why can't I accuse anyone of sexually assault?

Because you said

I could not feel it!

True

I really couldn't feel anything

I want to feel it too!

I want to feel it like you all!

I also want to walk!

Why can't I do that?

Why can you live a normal life?

Why can't I?

Why can you all lie and find excuses?

Why can't I?

Why can you find love but not I?

I'm always alone!

Why am I deprived of love?

This is Ms Li's medical report that year

After the accident,

she's hospitalized for a year

She was first diagnozed

with general paralysis

But after continuous efforts,

she finally managed to move her upper body

Then she continued to exercise her legs

But one day

the doctor told her to give up hope

Who could truly understand

the psychological trauma

she had gone through?

Abandoned by her family, Jane Li

did not only lose a pair of legs

but her hope for the future

She has persevered till today

I am very much convinced,

as long as everybody,

including herself

who can give herself a chance,

she will definitely see her future

Mr Xue, any further questions?

"Private and Confidential"

Your Honor,

I have no further questions

I'm sorry

It's not common for attorneys to shake hands,

but I'm glad to have met you in this case

So am I

"Live life without regrets"

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