《Defender of the Eight-foot Gate》Introduction to the prototype story

The prototype story introduction of "The Defender of the Eight-foot Gate" that has appeared frequently in major barrage videos recently has become a new meme. Many netizens are confused about this. In order to help them understand, we have compiled the following content.

NETFLIX Taiwanese drama - The Eight-foot Gate Defender - is based on a murder case of foreign migrant workers. Public defender Tong Baoju (played by Li Mingshun), who defends the murderer's death penalty, leads the court substitute Lian Jinping (played by Chu Mengxuan) and an Indonesian nurseLeena (played by Lei Jiarui) formed a three-person team to pursue the truth of the murder and judicial justice in the complex human nature and the contradiction between good and evil in the face of pressure from public opinion, politics, judiciary, financial groups, diverse ethnic groups and other parties.Most of the plots of the play are adapted from real events. The following is a collection of relevant real cases. It is difficult to imagine that these plots are all real facts and are worthy of our reflection and thinking.

《Defender of the Eight-Child Gate》Prototype 1: Tang Yingshen Incident in 1986

The main plot of the Netflix Taiwanese drama - The Defender of the Eight-foot Gate - the seaside murder case - took place on January 25, which is exactly the same date as the Tang Ying-shin incident in 1986. The author also revealed that this caseFor the prototype of the story.

Tang Yingshen is a child of the Tsou ethnic group in Alishan. In 1986, he saw an advertisement for a restaurant job candidate with a monthly salary of 15,000 yuan, so he came to Taipei from Chiayi, but found that the restaurant was actually an employment agency and sold him to Taipei.He gave it to the laundromat and asked him to pay an introduction fee of 3,500 yuan.

Tang Yingshen started working day and night, but his employer never informed him of his salary.One day, Tang Yingshen returned to the laundromat after going out for a drink, and was woken up by his employer again to continue working. Tang Yingshen asked to resign and wanted to get back his seized ID card, but his employer refused and claimed that his salary was not enough to repay the debt he had borrowed.There was a heated argument between the two parties, which then turned into a fight.Tang Yingshen hit his employer with a nail puller and killed his employer's wife who came after hearing the news. He also strangled his 2-year-old daughter to death for fear of being discovered. He surrendered soon after.Tang Yingshen was sentenced to death. This case also triggered the outside world's attention to the rights of indigenous peoples.

(Right: Tang Yingshen himself)

During the execution, Tang Yingshen refused to take anesthesia. He said that he deserved the punishment and had to accept the pain of punishment. This sentence was deeply imprinted in the hearts of the public.At only 19 years old, he became the youngest person on death row in history. After his death, Aboriginal rights began to be taken seriously.

《Bachimen's Defender》Prototype 2: The case of Keith Davis missing at sea in 2015

Kenny Dowson (played by Justin), the fishery observer who was mysteriously thrown overboard on the Pingchun 16, is also based on a real person: Keith Davis, an American fishery observer in 2015.

Keith Davis and his wife have four children. In 2015, he boarded a Panamanian-flagged expedient vessel, the Chung Kuo 818, for inspection and then fell overboard and disappeared. The cause of his death is unknown.The investigation pointed out that there was no wind or waves on the day Keith fell into the sea. The case involved the Jinlongda Group in Pingtung, and the Panama government directly closed the case without receiving the investigation report.

——The case of Keith Davis missing at sea—not a special case. In fact, fishery observers from various countries often report news of his death.You might be wondering, why - Fisheries Observer - so high risk?Because in addition to registering quantities and sampling fish species, observers also have to report illegal fishing and other illegal activities, so they will naturally be isolated by the crew and captain.

According to reports, friends of Keith Davis described him as an upright man who would never remain silent when seeing illegal things; and according to records, there were also many disputes between him and the crew of the Chung Kuo 818.

《Defender of the Eight-foot Gate》Prototype 3: Hechun 61 Incident in 2016

The name of the ship in the movie and drama - Heijun No. 16 - is very similar to the name of the tragedy that happened in 2016 - Heijun No. 61, so it is considered to be a reference to this case as a prototype.

2016 - He Chun 61 - sailed from Kaohsiung Port to the Pacific Ocean. There were 28 crew members on board, including 6 Vietnamese, 7 Filipinos, 13 Indonesians, and a Chinese captain.

The crew members were subjected to prolonged violence, assault with instruments, continuous verbal abuse, severe sleep deprivation, and working up to 20 hours a day.Among the Muslim crew members, they were forced to eat pork, and the captain even threatened to kill one of his employees the night before he was killed.

Four months later at night, six crew members broke into the captain's room and joined forces to kill the captain. The next day, the six crew members immediately confessed to the crime.The Supreme Court sentenced six people to 18 years in prison without the possibility of parole until half of the sentence. Even if they are paroled, they must return to Indonesia to serve the remaining sentence.As for the reason why the death penalty was not imposed, it was because these six crew members had been subjected to improper abuse and discrimination by the captain for a long time and received a reduced sentence.

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