警方称刺死官员案女服务员未被强奸 Dueling statements in the Deng Yujiao murder case

　　警方称刺死官员案女服务员未被强奸 Dueling statements in the Deng Yujiao murder case

       2009年05月23日01:49  楚网

      荆楚网消息（记者欣屏）5月23日，记者从湖北省巴东县政府新闻办关于"邓玉娇案"的最新情况通报获悉，警方证实不存在邓玉娇被强奸的事实，邓玉娇母亲张树梅已声明与律师解除委托关系。

　　通报说，连日来，公安机关采取得力措施，加紧侦办"邓玉娇案"。公安机关以雄风宾馆休闲中心梦幻城涉嫌色情服务，于22日对雄风宾馆经理贺德红进行了依法传唤。经警方找邓玉娇、有关证人进一步调查和现场勘察，证实不存在邓玉娇被强奸的事实。

　　通报还说，邓玉娇及其母亲和其他亲属对受委托律师不顾事实向外散布"邓玉娇被强奸"一事感到非常愤慨。目前邓玉娇母亲张树梅已声明与受委托律师解除委托关系。原因是受委托律师未履行好职责，没有对委托人提供实质上的法律帮助，偏离了委托的方向。

　　通报称，公众关注的"邓玉娇案"中"第三人"系巴东县野三关镇财经所转制分流人员邓中佳，公安机关认定其没有违法行为。

　　另讯："邓玉娇案"发生后引起社会广泛关注，为了确保信息发布的公开透明、及时、准确、权威，巴东县政府新闻发言人欧阳开平负责对外发布"邓玉娇案"的相关新闻信息，通报有关情况。有关新闻信息咨询，可与巴东县新闻信息中心联系（电话：0718—4333053）。

Dueling statements in the Deng Yujiao murder case

Yesterday saw new developments in the case of Deng Yujiao, an employee of a leisure center in Hubei who stabbed a goverment official to death. According to Deng, she was acting in self-defense against a man who was sexually assaulting her, but the police and government have been advancing the idea that she was emotionally unstable and killed the official unprovoked.

Late last week, Deng's lawyers complained that they were being stonewalled by police as they attempted to collect evidence of sexual assualt. Then yesterday, the Baodong County government issued a statement announcing that Deng's lawyers had been dismissed for incompetence.

The lawyers fired back with their own statement questioning the government's actions. Here are the two statements, courtesy of Hecaitou, who posted both of them to his blog:

Badong County government spokesperson releases latest developments in Deng Yujiao case

Badong County government press spokesperson Ouyang Kaiping has released the latest developments in the Deng Yujiao investigation.

For several days, the police have increased their efforts to investigate the Deng Yujiao case. The spokesperson's release said that because the Dream City at the leisure center of Xiongfeng Hotel was suspected of being connected to the sex trade, police had summoned hotel manager He Dehong in accordance with the law. Further questioning of Deng Yujiao and witnesses and a return to the scene of the crime proved that there was no truth to the allegation that Deng had been raped. Deng, her mother, and her family were very upset that their lawyers had been publicizing the "Deng Yujiao rape case" without regard for the truth. Deng's mother Zhang Shumei has now stated that she has dismissed the lawyers, reason being that the lawyers had not carried out their duties, had not provided any material legal assistance, and had diverged from their role as advocates. An investigation revealed that the "third party" who came to public attention in the Deng Yujiao case was Deng Zhongjia of the financial offices of Yesanguan, Badong County. Police determined that he had not broken the law.

In addition, now that the Deng Yujiao case has come to the attention of the public at large, to insure transparency, timeliness, accuracy, and authoritativeness of information, Badong County government press spokesperson Ouyang Kaiping will be responsible for issuing information and reporting on the latest developments in the case.

Deng's (former) lawyers responsed with a blog post:

A statement on the Deng Yujiao case

Early this morning, we read a press release on the Changjiang Badong website that claimed that Deng Yujiao's mother Zhang Shumei had declared that she had dismissed the two of us as legal counsel. We were shocked. Ever since Zhang had been taken off by Yesanguang police station director Tan Jing on May 21, straightforward communication had been difficult, and we were entirely unaware as to whether we had been dismissed. In addition, for this statement to come directly from the mouth of the government was highly irregular and very suspicious.

At 10:40 am, Zhang Shumei telephoned us to say that what the government press release said about her statement was false. She had not decided to dismiss us, and she asked to see us in person. We waited, and at around 4pm, Zhang suddenly called us to ask to dismiss us as legal counsel. She was unwilling to talk to us in person.

Prior to this, the media reported that we had discovered possible evidence of "rape" in this case. These were false reports. We brought up "sexual assault," which would constitute the crime of "attempted rape," not "rape" as it is colloquially understood.

We wish to express our strong indignation at the improper actions of the government, and we express our gratitude to our seniors and colleagues Zhang Sizhi and Pu Zhiqiang for their Letter to Xia Lin on the Deng Yujiao case.

Beijing Huayi Law Offices
Xia Lin, Xia Nan
2009.05.23

In the letter from Zhang Sizhi and Pu Zhiqiang, the two well-known activist lawyers express their support and reassurance to Deng's lawyers.

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self-defense  
D.J.[selfdi'fens] 
K.K.[,sɛlfdɪ'fɛns] 
n.
正当防卫
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sexually  
D.J.['sekʃʊəlɪ] 
K.K.['s ɛkʃʊəlɪ] 
adv.
1 性别上地；按性别地
2 性欲地；两性之间地
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assault  
D.J.[ə'sɔ:lt] 
K.K.[ə'sɔlt] 
n.
攻击, 猛袭, 突袭
vt.
袭击, 殴打; 强暴
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emotionally  
D.J.[ɪ'məʊʃənlɪ] 
K.K.[ɪ'moʃən l..ɪ] 
adv.
感情上;情绪上;冲动地
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unstable  
D.J.[ʌn'steɪbəl] 
K.K.[ʌn'stebəl] 
adj.
1 不稳固的;不结实的
2 易变的;不稳定的
3 (人)反复无常的;动摇不定的
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unprovoked  
D.J.[,ʌnprə'vəʊkt] 
K.K.[,ʌnprə'vokt] 
adj.
(尤指暴力言行)未受招惹而自发的,无缘无故的
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stonewall  
D.J.['stəʊn,wɔ:l] 
K.K.['ston,wɔl] 
vi.
1 (用冗长发言或拒绝回答问题等)拖延〔阻碍〕议事,设置障碍
2 拒绝执行命令,拒绝服从命令
3 (板球中)打守势球,小心地打慢球
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incompetence  
D.J.[ɪn'kɔmpɪtəns] 
K.K.[ɪn'kɑmpɪtəns] 
n.
无能力,不称职,不胜任
  ************
spokesperson  
D.J.['spəukspə:sn] 
K.K.['spoks,pɚsən] 
n.
发言人,代言人,辩护士
  ************
sex trade 性交易
  ************
summon  
D.J.['sʌmən] 
K.K.['sʌmən] 
vt.
传唤; 召集
  ************
allegation  
D.J.[,ælɪ'geɪʃən] 
K.K.[,ælɪ'ɡeʃən] 
n.
陈述, 宣称, 辩解;陈词
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rape  
D.J.[reip] 
K.K.[rep] 
vt.
1 以暴力夺取, 强夺
2 强奸
n.
芸苔, 油菜
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dismiss  
D.J.[dis'mis] 
K.K.[dɪs'mɪs] 
vt.
1 解雇; 撤职; 开除
2 使退去; 解散
3 自心中摒除, 不再考虑或谈论
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diverge  
D.J.[dɪ'vɜ:dʒ, daɪ-] 
K.K.[dɪ'və..dʒ, daɪ-] 
vi.
分开;偏离;分歧;分道扬镳
n.
分开；偏离；分歧；分道扬镳
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advocate  
D.J.['ædvəkeit] 
K.K.['ædvə,ket] 
vt.
提倡, 主张
n.
1 提倡者, 拥护者
2 辩护律师, 辩护人
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come to attention  
vt.
引起注意
  ************
transparency  
D.J.[træns'peərənsi:, -'pær-] 
K.K.[træns'pɛrənsi, -'pær-] 
n.
1 透明；透明度；透明性
2 透明的东西；幻灯片
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timeliness  
n.
合时,时
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authoritative  
D.J.[ɔ:'θɔritətiv] 
K.K.[ə'θɔrɪ,tetɪv, ə'θɑr-, ɔ'θɔr-, ɔ'θɑr-] 
adj.
1 有权力的; 有权威的; 可相信的; 可靠的
2 权威的, 官方的, 当局的
3 显示权力的; 好像显示权威的
  ************
legal counsel  
法律顾问
  ************
straightforward  
D.J.[streit'fɔ:wəd] 
K.K.[stret'fɔrwəd] 
adj.
1 (人或其态度)正直的, 坦率的; 老实的
2 简单的; 易懂的
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unaware  
D.J.[,ʌnə'weə] 
K.K.[,ʌnə'wɛr] 
adj.
1 不知道的;未察觉到的
2 未认识到的;不注意的
adv.
1 <诗>不知不觉地,无意地
2 意外地,突然地
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false  
[fɔ:ls] 
adj.
1 不真实的, 错误的
2 假的, 伪造的
3 不忠实的, 虚伪的
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prior to  
在…之前
  ************
sexual assault  
妨害风化罪
  ************
colloquial 
[kə'ləukwiəl]
adjective
 (of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary
 （语言）用于日常交谈的，口语的；非正式的，非文学的

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indignation  
D.J.[,ɪndiɡ'neiʃən] 
K.K.[,ɪndɪɡ'neʃən] 
n.
愤怒, 愤慨, 气愤
  ************
activist  
D.J.['æktivist] 
K.K.['æktəvɪst] 
n.
(政治活动的)积极分子, 活动家
  ************
reassurance  
D.J.[,ri:ə'ʃʊərɵns] 
n.
1 消除恐惧或疑虑;恢复信心
2 使人消除恐惧或疑虑的事物;使人恢复信心的事物