There’s an outdated Chinese saying that goes: “Kill the chicken to scare the monkey.”
Roughly translated it means one of the simplest ways to intimidate a giant rival is to destroy a smaller one.
But what occurs after that?
One man in China seems to have simply discovered.
In a curious court docket case being reported within the nation’s state-owned media, a person recognized solely by his surname Gu was this week sentenced to jail after a court docket discovered him responsible of scaring to loss of life 1,100 chickens that belonged to a neighbour with whom he was feuding.
The pair had reportedly been squabbling because the neighbour, Zhong, lower down Gu’s timber with out permission in April 2022.
The court docket in Hengyang county of central China’s Hunan province heard that Gu had responded by sneaking onto Zhong’s rooster farm through the evening on a couple of event.
It is unclear what Gu’s intentions have been however the flashlight he used brought about the flock to panic and because the birds crowded right into a nook in worry, a whole lot of them died within the ensuing crush.
The first time Gu trespassed onto his neighbor’s property, he brought about a crush through which 500 chickens died. He was apprehended by police and compelled to pay Zhong compensation of three,000 yuan ($654).
But he did not cease there and returned to Zhong’s property a second time, this time killing 640 chickens.
On Tuesday, the Hengyang court docket dominated that Gu had deliberately brought about “property loss” to Zhong.
Chinese authorities stated that the 1,100 useless chickens have been estimated to be value a complete of 13,840 yuan ($3019).
The court docket ordered Gu to serve six months in jail with one yr of probation — a sentence it stated took under consideration the regret Gu had proven for his crime.
Source: www.9news.com.au
