Chapter 1070: Crimes on the High Seas are Managed
At the dinner table, Fabian and the others listened to Xiao Peng's detailed account of his experiences during this period, and everyone sighed.
"You were saved like this?" Fabian exclaimed. "Are you God's illegitimate child?"
Everyone nodded in agreement. Xiao Peng was so unlucky that he was rescued by an acquaintance in a sea area that no one had ever been to since the birth of mankind!
Xiao Peng didn't tell them that he had already hidden his life raft and was confident he would be rescued. He attributed his rescue to the Derridas.
"They saved your life! How do you plan to thank them?" Pascal asked.
Xiao Peng said to Fabian, "Hurry up and arrange the naming of those two islands. What kind of awareness do they have? They don't ask for anything in return. They say they don't, but we can't do that. I'm thinking of setting up a fund in their name or investing in a movie about their story... or maybe even doing both!"
"Forget about making movies," Fabian sighed. "I invested in two movies this year, and both were a complete loss! I've finally learned the hard way: never invest in unfamiliar fields. Changing careers is too risky!"
Xiao Peng was so amused after hearing this: "What's wrong with you? Have you contracted the 'I'll die if I don't lose money' disease? Pascal, what are you doing there? You're not happy to see me, but you're still playing with your phone? When did you become a "phone addict"? "
Pascal had been playing with his phone without saying anything since a while ago. After hearing what Xiao Peng said, Pascal picked up his phone. A photo of a beautiful woman appeared on the screen. "Xiao, is this the Paula you mentioned?"
Xiao Peng was shocked after seeing it: "How do you have her photo?"
Pascal said, "A horrific thing happened a few days ago."
"Appalling?" Xiao Peng was stunned. "Isn't that word too exaggerated?"
Fabian on the side slapped his head and said, "Oh, so that's how it is!"
Xiao Peng asked in confusion, "What's going on?"
Fabian explained: "A few days ago, a Panamanian cargo ship rescued a raft on its way to Africa. There was only one survivor on the raft, and that was Paula in the photo."
Xiao Peng was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "I thought they would all die at sea, but I didn't expect one person to survive. This result is quite good."
His smile was quite awkward. People, especially those in Daxia, had a strong idea of "resting in peace". One of Daxia's "Eight Great Tolerances" included "all dead are dead", which meant that after death, all past grudges were wiped out. Unless a person was an unforgivable criminal, people should try not to speak ill of the deceased.
He sighed and said, "They are really stupid. If I really wanted to escape, could I just ignore them and watch them die on the island? I knew that Paula and the others used the food we got to help Alvaro and the others, but I just turned a blind eye. I couldn't just watch them die, could I? Then they stole my raft and threw me on the island. And now, I was saved but only one of them survived. You say people are strange. Actually, I hated them, but now all I can think about is our experience on the island, and I really can't hate them anymore."
William laughed after hearing this and said, "Turgenev said: There are three kinds of selfish people in the world. The first kind is those who want to live and let others live too. The second kind is those who want to live but don't let others live. The third kind is those who don't want to live themselves and don't want others to live. The evil of human nature is reflected in the latter two kinds of people. Xiao, everyone has a selfish nature, and you definitely have selfish elements in you, but overall you are the first kind. You are a kind person at heart."
Xiao Peng waved his hand and said, "Don't praise me like that. I can't bear it. Pascal, Paula's rescue is indeed a miracle, but isn't the word 'horrific' quite accurate for something like this?"
Pascal made a startling statement: "When the raft was found, there were actually two 'people' on board, and a body that had been rotted by the sea water. Paula survived by eating the body, which had been shot to death."
"What?" Xiao Peng was shocked after hearing this: "Eat...eat people?"
When he heard the words 'killed by gunfire', he was certain that Paula had killed the man, because there was only one gun, which he gave to Paula.
Killing and eating people? Isn't this too cruel?
Pascal nodded and said, "That ship was carrying food to Congo-Brazzaville, so they rescued the person and sent her there. When Uruguay learned about this, they demanded Paula's extradition, but for some reason, the two sides started arguing over this. Congo-Brazzaville refused to release her."
Xiao Peng frowned. "Congo-Brazzaville won't release them? On what basis do they not release them? What does this have to do with them?"
His complaints are not without reason.
There is a wrong idea in the eyes of many Chinese people, that is, "no one cares about crimes committed on the high seas." As early as the 1989 Hong Kong film "God of Gamblers", the villain said that it was okay for him to kill people on a ship on the high seas; two years ago, the movie "Animal World" also mentioned several times that it was okay to commit crimes on the high seas, etc.
In fact, this statement is wrong.
While the high seas don't belong to any country, and no country has jurisdiction over them, ships and people do have nationalities! If a ship commits a crime on the high seas, the flag state has jurisdiction over the criminal case. If a crime on the high seas doesn't fall under the flag state principle, universal jurisdiction and the nationality principle can apply. The latter applies to the country in which the crime occurred, whichever country has jurisdiction. The former covers four crimes, which anyone can punish.
The four crimes include: slave ships, pirate ships, drug trafficking ships and ships engaged in unauthorized broadcasting.
The fourth type is actually quite strange. It doesn't seem as serious as the first three, but it is indeed one of the four criminal acts. What if the Americans set up a ship to conduct illegal propaganda on the high seas near Daxia? They can just sink it and not be held responsible.
In Paula's case, she was on a raft. Rafts don't have nationality, but people do! Uruguay has legal jurisdiction over her, regardless of where she is located.
Why doesn’t the person who performs Shanghai-style clean talk dare to return to China?
Because he was arrested in the United States for carrying drugs and being accused of drug use. Although he was eventually found not guilty, under Daxia law, carrying drugs is a crime, and he would be prosecuted for drug trafficking when he returned to Daxia.
In other words, no matter where a person goes, he or she will be subject to the laws of his or her country!
Xiao Peng really couldn't think of any reason why Congo-Brazzaville wouldn't release her.
He took a sip of champagne. "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. It's too dark. Let's talk about something else. What exactly happened recently that made you keep scaring me?"
"Scare you?" Fabian raised his glass. "You'd better be prepared!"
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