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RUOGANG SENTENCED FOR REST OF HIS YEARS
Ex-internal affairs critic guilty on five accounts


Ruogang on trial

July 12, 4280

Tian'an: The Republican Party's ex-internal affairs critic Chen Ruogang has received two life sentences for the 4275 assassination of Republican Leader Song Yi and the murder of police officer Liu Chong while Chen was attempting to resist arrest. Chen also received an additional 25 years for possession of an illegal firearm, assault on two police officers, and treason. He was arrested immediately after Song’s assassination was discovered by authorities, following the confession of a hitman hired by Chen. The investigation of the assassination has been criticized for lasting four years, while authorities looked into all 584 members of the Agro-Alliance party faction which Chen led. Authorities laid conspiracy to commit murder charges against 12 individuals from the faction, although their trials are not expected to happen until later this year. The Tian’an News Network broadcast Chen pleading guilty at a closed-door trial in the capital. Chen, having visibly aged during his time in prison, yet remaining characteristically unrepentant, gave his remarks to the court before receiving his sentence:

While I am guilty of ending Song Yi, the ultimate arbiter, HEAVEN, will deem my actions justified. I sleep with peace each and every night, knowing that in the end, I did what I had to do to save the Indrala. I have no remorse; I have no regrets. I will die in the prison of man to ascend to the grand halls of history where I will stand alongside the other martyr’s of the republic. Can any of you say the same?

Ruogang giving his remarks

After reading out Chen Ruogang’s sentence, Judge Feng Jianhong delivered her message to Chen:

You are guilty of murdering a young woman who dedicated her life to public service; of murdering a young police officer who was just married and excited to begin to build his own family. It is impossible to comprehend how a man can claim the authority of heaven after committing such disgusting acts. You, sir, will not be going to heaven. No one can know for certain what happens after we die, but while you are still on this planet, I hope that each agonizing day in which you are still breathing, you will be living in hell. You are beyond redemption. You, sir, are evil.

Four years have passed after the killing of Song Yi which shocked the nation and the world in its horribly savage nature. A few of her friends and supporters gathered by her grave on her parent’s old farm in Shu Province, the same place she was born and the same place she was murdered, to listen to the verdict. After hearing the news, many could not contain their emotions as they collapsed around her tombstone. While no news can bring back the vivacious and passionate woman they once knew, today they were able to rejoice in the closure on this dark chapter in Indralan history.

“Finally, our friend Song Yi can rest in peace, and that can help my own heart be in peace.”

More to come...

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Originally posted by Treehugger on 1 October 2017.