Justice Pao

Today was my second time watching an accident happened right in front of my eyes. It happened around 10.10am. Between a car and a motorcycle. (That time I was riding a bicycle on my way to my friend, KY's house.) The motorcyclist was wrong because it was moving in the wrong lane and the driver din't noticed her when she turned left. Thank God there was no other cars around and she was not injured very badly but I felt very sad for her =( There were a number of people(there was a roadside durian stall nearby) who came to help her and carried her besides the road and called ambulance for her. I tried to help her by bringing her things for her. The driver who banged her was a woman and the first thing that she did was shouted at the girl. I thought: Helloooo! She is on the ground crying in pain and the first thing you do is shout at her?! Sigh, this kind of people also got=.=!

Sad thing aside, I went to play badminton that morning with my badminton 'kakis'. I really like playing badminton with them as this was a time where we can enjoy a good game together. Thank you my best friends^_^ you know who you are ;-) Another sad thing is that KY lost his motorcycle keys and we tried to find it everywhere but still no sign of it. In the end KY's dad came and brought him his spare keys. I felt so sorry for him as there were other keys attached to his motorcycle keys...

In the evening I was lazing around at home and I on the TV to see if there was any good programmes to watch. In the end, I decided to watch 'Justice Pao' on TV2. For those who don't know who is Justice Pao, he is a famous judge during the Song Dynasty. He is famous because he is not partial and fair when he decides a case. He has unique facial feature, a crescent on his forehead. And that show is in mandarin.

In that particular episode, the King's mother was sad when her son did not come and received her when she returned to the palace. When the King knew about it, he wanted to make amends so he asked her to come to his royal palace. The King and his advisors were there including Justice Pao. When the King's mother finally came, she came in with her eyes closed. The King was puzzled and asked her: "Mother, why are you not opening your eyes and look at me? Is there a problem with your eyes?" And she replied:"There is no problem at all. I did not open my eyes because when I came back you did not received me and you did not even look at me. You have not acknowledge me as your mother so how can I look at you now and acknowledge you as my son? I am not your mother and you are not my son!" From this the King quickly bowed down(when the King bowed down, everyone in the room also bowed with him) in front of her and begged for her forgiveness.

The King's mother shed a few tears and finally opened her eyes for just a few seconds. Then she quickly closed back and said:"No... how can I forgive you so easily? This does not do justice for the countless mothers in the world. If I had forgiven you so easily, then no mother would dare to give birth to a child anymore. I have suffered labour for you in my belly for 10 months, I was accused falsely, rejected by my household, betrayed, persecuted, and cast out to live outside of the palace for many years... I suffered so much... and everything that I did, it was for you." When she said this, a few of the officials around the king was already shedding tears. The king then begged her to punish him and promised her that he will accept any punishment.

The king's mother thought for a while and saw Justice Pao in the corner and asked him:"Will you judge for me the punishment for a son who was not filial to his mother?" Justice Pao was stunned. The king told Justice Pao to do as she said. Justice Pao then went back and thought about it but couldn't seem to find a solution to the problem because haven't in the history of the chinese that a king is punished before. He sought the advice of a wise counsellor and he got the answer.

The next day, Justice Pao and the King and his mother was in court. The law at that time states that if a son is not filial to his parents, he will be punished either by imprisonment or be whipped. It is also stated that every man is equal in the sight of law, so even a king can be punished like a normal citizen. The punishment would also be the same. And he gave the judgement that the King be whipped 20 times! Hearing this, the King's mother was stunned and from the show you can see that she feared for her son. The King remain calm and accepted the decision. However, Justice Pao said since the law states that no officer can whip the king, he ordered that the King's royal robes be removed and whipped. After this decision the mother forgave the King and they were happy again.

So that's the end of the story, sorry if I din't translate it that well but I think you would understand better if you watch it. I can only hope and pray that judges in Malaysia can be partial and fair and not be political in their judgments... (sigh)

P.S. Sorry ya no pictures to show =p