In 1975, when eighteen-year-old Liu Weidong left his village, he walked with his head bowed. He didn’t dare look back, afraid he might see his father squatting by the wall, smoking, or the little calf that had been beaten to death. It was the most valuable thing his family owned, killed simply because it had blocked the village bully’s way.
For the next five years, he swept floors at the county hospital, studied by kerosene lamp in a storage room, and scraped together money for textbooks one dime at a time at secondhand bookstalls. No one knew why he worked so hard. Only he knew: he couldn’t swallow that humiliation.
In 1980, he got into college. After graduating, he was assigned a special job, given a legitimate identity, and shown a path back home.
At last, he could return.
Back to the village where his parents had been unable to hold their heads high for twenty-one years. Back to the silent witnesses. Back to the case files from that time. He had to investigate more than just a cow that had been beaten to death. He had to uncover the people behind those responsible, and see the case through until everyone who thought themselves above the law received the punishment they deserved.
"Bring Him to Justice" tells the story of an ordinary young man from the countryside: how he survived the most humiliating years of his life, then spent a decade reclaiming justice with his head held high.
