In June last year, a deaf-mute girl was tricked by a friend into traveling to Chongqing. A criminal gang forced her to swap bodies to make money for them. The girl resisted many times, but was "taught" every time.
At one point, she ran out and met a police officer on the road. But the police didn't know what the deaf-mute girl wanted to say, and she was later arrested by the gang.
For the last time, the girl ran to Mr. Tang with her clothes disheveled and said to him in sign language: "Help me." For more than two hours, the girl's face had been dry because before coming to Chongqing , she had never had sexual relations with a man or a woman. With the help of lawyer Tang, the victim girl was finally rescued.
Tang Shuai, known as the "only sign language lawyer", is an extraordinary person. Lawyer.
Tang Shuai
Tang Shuai told reporters that deaf-mute people have little legal awareness and generally have low literacy levels, and some cannot even write when their rights are violated. He didn’t even know how to defend his rights. Therefore, he opened a legal study class specifically for deaf-mute people. In the past two years, he held nearly a hundred lectures for deaf-mute people. At the same time, he also provided legal consultation and assistance online. Assistance. So far, nearly 10,000 deaf-mute people have been provided with legal aid.
Lawyer Tang: Defending the Silent World
Talking about why he considered becoming a sign language lawyer, Tang Shuai told reporters. Reporter, this stems from the experience of a deaf-mute man
After the deaf-mute Uncle Xie retired, the company did not handle the retirement procedures for him, resulting in Uncle Xie not being able to get his retirement salary. At that time, Tang Shuai thought. Sign language communication and being an agent helped Uncle Xie. Tang Shuai thought at the time that it was difficult for deaf-mute people to communicate with normal people, and coupled with some proprietary vocabulary and regulations in the law, it was very difficult for people who did not understand the law. It is difficult to explain and communicate effectively in sign language. Although the relevant departments have hired teachers and agents like them who understand sign language, there are still some problems, which also prompted him to become a sign language lawyer.
For such a special group, while helping, Mr. Tang also called on the society to give them more care. What he still cannot forget is that there was a 19-year-old deaf-mute boy in the village who had no supervision since he was a child. Growing on its own like a weed. Once, in order to steal a bag of rice, the boy accidentally killed an old woman. Coincidentally, another deaf-mute girl under the age of sixteen was also stealing. When the police and Lawyer Tang sent the girl home, her family unexpectedly said, "She doesn't know how to do anything. If she doesn't steal, what will she eat?" Why did you send her back? "
Stick to justice silently and look forward to more people joining
In the past three years, Lawyer Tang has not taken a serious vacation. On average, he sleeps no more than 5 hours a day. For He can only describe this kind of life as "tiring", but he doesn't want to stop at all, because when he thinks about the deaf-mute people he has helped in the past five years, there are countless people waiting for help. The spirit fights again.
This year, he recruited some college students who graduated from deaf-mute schools, hoping to join the ranks of helping deaf-mute people to defend their rights.