0:00:12 > 0:00:13DANCE MUSIC
0:01:51 > 0:01:53SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Hey, black pig!
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Don't stress yourself, please.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Hey, go home.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40And take your stupid car with you!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02IN MANDARIN:
0:07:41 > 0:07:43MESSAGE ALERT
0:09:17 > 0:09:19PEOPLE CHATTING
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Hi, Mei.- Hi, you all right?
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Hi, I'll be there in a minute.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53'Hello, this is Qianyi.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55'Thank you for calling me.'
0:09:55 > 0:09:57What is this about?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59'I have a message from your mother.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01'Your mother here in Guangzhou.'
0:10:03 > 0:10:04'Mei, are you there?'
0:10:06 > 0:10:07'Hello?'
0:10:07 > 0:10:09I don't know any mother in Guangzhou.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12'You were adopted, yes?'
0:10:12 > 0:10:13Yes.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16'I am talking about your mother who had you adopted.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18'I am a friend of hers.'
0:10:20 > 0:10:22What message?
0:10:22 > 0:10:23'She needs your help.'
0:10:23 > 0:10:25What do you mean?
0:10:25 > 0:10:27'Her son, your brother, is in trouble.'
0:10:28 > 0:10:30What brother?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33'His name is Ajun. He was born after your adoption.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37'An African man was killed in the street in my city,
0:10:37 > 0:10:41'and your brother was arrested for the crime. Arrested and convicted.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45'I am a journalist for a newspaper here, City News.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48'I reported on the case, and your brother was not involved.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51'He was just a witness.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52'Mei?'
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Yes?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56'Can you come here?'
0:10:56 > 0:10:58To Guangzhou?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- 'Yes.'- What can I do?
0:11:00 > 0:11:05'Because you are from England, it will help us.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09'You can stay in my apartment, and I will get everything you need.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12'Your mother is desperate to see you.'
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Is she there? Is she with you?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17'No, she is in her home and I am in my apartment.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22'We have appealed against your brother's sentence.'
0:11:25 > 0:11:27What is his sentence?
0:11:27 > 0:11:28'One moment.'
0:11:28 > 0:11:30WRITING
0:11:32 > 0:11:33'Careful.'
0:11:40 > 0:11:43'I can organise everything once you are here.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46'All you have to do is get your flight and your visa.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49'But tell no-one. Just tell people you're meeting your mother.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51'This is most important.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54'Don't worry, Mei, I will take care of you.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56'You will be safe, I promise.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59'I will send you the link to my report on his case,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01'but it will tell you nothing of what really happened.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04'We will reveal the truth at the appeal.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06'Trust me, Mei, please.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09'You were adopted from the Guangzhou Orphanage
0:12:09 > 0:12:12'on 16th of April 1992, yes?'
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Yes.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17'Your adoption number is 2985, yes?'
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Yes.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23'And you have a wax burn mark, right side.'
0:12:23 > 0:12:25I have a birthmark there.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28'No, your mother told me it is a burn mark.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30'She made it before you went into the orphanage,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33'in order to identify you.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35'In the hope that she would see you again.'
0:12:38 > 0:12:40'Please read my report.'
0:14:01 > 0:14:02Bobby!
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Hi! Mum, Dad?
0:14:11 > 0:14:13There you are!
0:14:13 > 0:14:14Jim!
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- How was your journey?- It was fine.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Oh, you look well.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- No, you don't, you don't look well, you look tired.- Mum...
0:14:22 > 0:14:27- Are you working too hard? - No.- You sure?- Mum, I'm just...
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- No more than anyone else.- I hope so.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Where's Dad?- Busy with his book.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36He's scratching himself again. Which means he's got to an important bit.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Jim, Mei's here!
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- Hello, Mei!- Hi, Dad.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Be with you in a moment.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44OK.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Maybe I am a bit tired.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Nice, quiet weekend.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- I'll take my bag upstairs. - All right.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53What would you like to drink?
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Tea, please. Thank you.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37My tutor thinks I can get a posting in San Diego,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- the astrophysics centre. - Hey! That would be something.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42That's certainly would!
0:16:42 > 0:16:44- He's promised to see what he can do for me.- That's marvellous!
0:16:44 > 0:16:49- Their facilities are amazing. - Congratulations.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52And I've had a message from China.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54From my birth mother.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Not from her directly, but from a woman contacting me on her behalf.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06- Well, that'll be a scam.- No, it's not, Dad. She wants to see me.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- Who does? Your birth mother?- Yes. - Mei, this has to be a scam.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- No, it's not.- There was a scam only last year. Do you remember?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- In the newsletter? - I know, but this isn't.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17The woman I spoke to had the day of my adoption,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- and my adoption number... - People can find that out...
0:17:19 > 0:17:22..and she asked me if I had a burn mark where I have it.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- That's a birthmark, Mei. - She said it's not.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28She said it's a burn mark.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31That my birth mother had marked me before she abandoned me.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33In the hope of...
0:17:33 > 0:17:36If she were to ever see me again.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- And your birth father? Do you know anything?- He died 11 years ago.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Apparently.- Oh, that's terrible.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49How did she know where to find you?
0:17:49 > 0:17:51She already had the day she put me in the orphanage.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53And the name the orphanage gave me.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55The rest of the information she got from there.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58And what do you know about her?
0:17:58 > 0:18:00She lives in Guangzhou.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03That's really all I know.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Did she say why she wants to see you?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Because...
0:18:10 > 0:18:13Because I suppose she's been searching for me.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16What you want to do?
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Well...
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Now that she has made contact...
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- You want to go and meet her. - Yes, I do.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Well...
0:18:33 > 0:18:37I think, if you want to meet her, you should go.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Is that all right?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Yes. Oh, yes.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I won't go if you don't...
0:18:44 > 0:18:46We'd already put some money aside for you,
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- should you ever want to make that journey.- Yes, we did.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Do you want one of us to go with you?
0:18:53 > 0:18:54No, she doesn't want one of us
0:18:54 > 0:18:59- chaperoning her around like a 12-year-old.- No. No, of course.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- You certainly have our blessing, Mei.- Yes, you do.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08You don't have to worry about that.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10It's important for you to go.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14It was always in our mind for you to do this.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- And we must make sure that you get a lovely hotel.- Yes!
0:19:23 > 0:19:26We'll be in charge of that. But you stay in contact.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Yes, because we're going to want to know everything.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- Not that we wanted to interfere, of course.- I will call you every day.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- Well, here we are. - No more wondering who she might be.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- Photos!- Yes, you must take some photographs.- I will.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47You sure you're going to be all right, going on your own?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- We should call the adoption group. - Good idea, why not?
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- They'll have lots of good advice, Mei.- OK.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57When are you thinking you might want to go?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01I've finished my coursework for this term,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04so it seems like the best time is now.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16Come on.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15Qianyi?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Mei? Hello.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19I am very pleased to meet you.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22IN MANDARIN:
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Oh, you speak Mandarin?
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Only a little. I've been practising that.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Is this where she lives?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36In the village, yes. Further in.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Is this the first time that you have been here?
0:22:50 > 0:22:52My mum and dad brought me here when I was ten,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- but I don't remember much. - Most of the city was not built then.
0:23:10 > 0:23:11Almost there.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19BABY CRYING
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Is there any way I can see her before she sees me?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36I don't think that is going to be possible. Her home is very small.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39OK.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Take off your shoes.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:24:33 > 0:24:35I was telling her about where you live in England.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37That your home is in your village.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42That you are studying astronomy.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44She's very surprised by that.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04She wants to thank you for coming here and helping her.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11We managed to get home of Ajun's case documents.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15She wants you to see them.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17These are the statements of the witnesses.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26They all say the same thing - that your brother killed the African.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27Mei?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- Is this the only reason why I'm here?- No, it's...
0:25:31 > 0:25:33She's not even looking at me.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34She feels ashamed.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41Every statement is exactly the same, the same detail, the same lie.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46You will have to be patient with her.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52How many of these are there?
0:25:52 > 0:25:5415.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- 15 witnesses?- Yes.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59The boy who killed the African, his three friends, and 11 others.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01How is that possible?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10This is Guan Xiaopeng, the real killer.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15And this is his father, Guan Peng.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19He owns factories in Dongguan. He has 70,000 employees,
0:26:19 > 0:26:20and he's a very powerful...
0:26:20 > 0:26:22SHE SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:26:26 > 0:26:27This is Guan Peng's brother.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30The head of Provincial Security Division, Guan Xin.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Another very powerful man.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35With men like this, everything is possible.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38If a member of the family commits a crime,
0:26:38 > 0:26:40they will make sure something is arranged.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Their usual way out is to give money to the family of the victims
0:26:44 > 0:26:46so the case never goes to court.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50But in this situation, the Nigerian Embassy demanded an arrest.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54So someone had to be found to take Guan Xiaopeng's place.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Your brother comes from a poor family and has no connections,
0:26:56 > 0:26:58so he was the obvious choice.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05This is Ajun's confession.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- He confessed? - He was forced to confess.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Mentally, physically. It is quite common.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16This is the pronouncement of the court that he is guilty.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20And this is the pronouncement of his sentence to death.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28So what can I do?
0:27:32 > 0:27:35We can work on a plan, but first I suggest you get some rest.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39What's she saying?
0:27:39 > 0:27:43She's begging you for help, because there's no-one to help her here.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49She says the appeal is to be heard
0:27:49 > 0:27:53in the Provincial Higher People's Court in three weeks' time,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55and if she's not successful, then they will execute her son.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58But I don't know what I can do! What can I do, what can I tell her?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- What's she saying now? - She's saying the same as before.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10There is no-one else to help her, there are only three weeks left,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13and her son is all that she has in the world.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15I don't feel well, I'm sorry.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17We can go if you like.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20Yes, please, I'd like to go. Please, I'm sorry.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22I will tell her you're tired from the flight.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Tell her whatever you like, I need to go.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40- Mei!- She's not my mother.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- She's not my mother! - She IS your mother.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45I know she's not, because I don't feel it. There's nothing between us.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48She's a stranger to me, just a woman. Any woman.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Didn't I prove to you that she is your mother?
0:28:50 > 0:28:52And even if she is, she doesn't want me.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54She's only wanting to get her son out of prison.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- She won't even look at me.- She's too ashamed to look at you, Mei.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- Then why did she bring me back here? - She didn't ask you to come back, I did.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02I looked for you and I found you.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04I was hoping that you might have connections.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08- Me?- Your family, in government or in business?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10My mother translates Russian novels.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13My father writes about Greek history.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15What connections do I have?
0:29:15 > 0:29:17I'm useless to her.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19And she doesn't even want me here.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38This has been a terrible mistake. She never wanted me to come back.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- 'I don't understand that.' - 'Why did she invite you?'
0:29:40 > 0:29:44Because her son is in prison and she wants me to get him out.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Her son?
0:29:48 > 0:29:49Yes.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- You didn't tell us she had a son. - In prison for what?
0:29:52 > 0:29:55It was a fight outside a nightclub.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58'But why does she want you there for that? What can you do?'
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I don't know.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- It's difficult to understand. - It doesn't make sense, Mei.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06I know. I told you, I've made a terrible mistake.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Didn't you say you are an astrophysicist?
0:30:09 > 0:30:11- Why would you say that? - Well, she's not a lawyer.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14- I know she's not a lawyer. - I know you know, but they don't.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16'I think I need to come home.'
0:30:16 > 0:30:20'We can get you home if you want to come home. That's easily done.'
0:30:20 > 0:30:21'We can sort all that out.'
0:30:21 > 0:30:23But what I don't understand, Mei...
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Do you want us to get you a ticket to fly back tomorrow?
0:30:25 > 0:30:29..why you weren't told of this trouble before you went out there.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31I was.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33I was asked not to tell anyone.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Why the heck not?
0:30:37 > 0:30:39'I don't know.'
0:30:39 > 0:30:40Who told you not to tell?
0:30:42 > 0:30:45That Quini...Quini woman?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47'Qianyi, Dad.'
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Why would she tell you that?
0:30:49 > 0:30:50I don't know! I just...
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I'm OK, really, I'm just upset.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56'Mei, what would you like for us to do for you?'
0:30:56 > 0:30:57'We can change your ticket.'
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Would you like us to do that?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- It's OK.- Do you want us to come out there to you?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06You can't, you need a visa.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10OK, should we get you a contact out there, someone who can support you?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14There's a woman at the adoption group, do you want me to call her?
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- And then there's the consulate, the British Consulate.- 'No, it's OK.'
0:31:18 > 0:31:21It's just been very stressful seeing her, and...
0:31:21 > 0:31:24A long day and I have jet lag...
0:31:24 > 0:31:25I have a period.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29And it was a mistake to do this. That's all.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34The hotel will change my ticket.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37I'll come home and forget this ever happened.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Should we go out there?
0:31:39 > 0:31:41She did say she was coming home.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46We should've be more rigorous.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49- What else could we have done? - Ask more questions.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53The adoption board encouraged her and off she went.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57But, of course, you're right.
0:31:57 > 0:31:58- A brother in prison?- Well...
0:32:00 > 0:32:02What she mustn't do now is get involved in anything,
0:32:02 > 0:32:07- or anybody, while she's still out there.- Didn't we tell her that?
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- I don't know, did you? - I can't...I can't remember.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13I'll call her.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19PHONE RINGS
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- Yes?- It's Qianyi.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35I was worrying about you.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36I'm OK.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Do you want to go out and eat?
0:32:40 > 0:32:41I've already eaten.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50The photograph she tried to give you.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Would you like to meet your brother before you go?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00- Ajun?- Yes.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- In the prison?- Yes.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04Can I do that?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06I have got you permission.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15It was not easy, but a friend in the prison service fixed it up for us.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31PHONE RINGS
0:33:33 > 0:33:34Sorry.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- Hi, Dad. - 'Sweetheart, I forgot to tell you.'
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Very important,
0:33:44 > 0:33:48don't get involved in anything or anybody before you come home.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51'Honey, you can't do anything to help anyone there.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54'So take your father's advice and come home.'
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Did you hear that?
0:34:02 > 0:34:03Yes.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06'If you start interfering with the way they do things,
0:34:06 > 0:34:07'they won't like it.'
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Yes, Dad.
0:34:11 > 0:34:12Bye.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33Does he know about me?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Yes. Your mother told him.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Since he has been in prison, after we found you.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40And?
0:34:40 > 0:34:43And he's very excited to learn that he has a sister.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45And he's excited to see you.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48All you have to do is take this authorisation
0:34:48 > 0:34:51and give a little money to the guard taking you to the visiting room.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54He's expecting it, and it will allow you to speak English.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Don't worry, you'll be fine.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17That is the Higher People's Court, where we go for the appeal.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Where they will make a final decision.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50GUARD SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:37:01 > 0:37:03My sister! All this way from London!
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Shh.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06We must speak quietly.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Thank you, thank you.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Cool city.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- It is.- The coolest city!
0:37:15 > 0:37:16Yes, it is a cool city.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23I did not kill the African.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Please, Sister, help me.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I did not kill him.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- I saw your mother and...- Our mother?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37You meet her?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Yesterday. Yes.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40I went to your home.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Do you like her?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Yeah. She gave me this.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Oh, no! That is not a cool photo!
0:37:50 > 0:37:52She'll think this is cool.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55She does, she loves that photo.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56That is funny.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04She will be so, so happy that you are here.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Will you tell her that I'm always thinking about her?
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Yeah.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13What do you study, Chinese?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Astrophysics.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20It's the planets and...
0:38:20 > 0:38:21The night sky.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- Space!- Yes!
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- You look at the stars?- Yes.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28My friend Eddie says there is a comet coming
0:38:28 > 0:38:31and it will kill everyone. It will destroy the world.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32No! I don't think so.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35December the 21st.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37That is not how to look at the stars.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42When you see the stars in the sky, you must just look and wonder.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Just wonder and think... huge thoughts.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51In three weeks,
0:38:51 > 0:38:53if no-one speak for me,
0:38:53 > 0:38:54I will die.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01It is another boy who killed the African. It is not me.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05I know.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12I'll do everything I can for you.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Thank you.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Sister, thank you.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- Speak to Tao, he will tell you what happened.- Speak to who?
0:39:19 > 0:39:24My friend, Huang Tao. Ask him to be a witness in the court for me.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26- He's my best friend. - OK, I'll ask him.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29I was standing next to him when the African was killed.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31I know him all my life, he will tell the truth.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Has he not already made a statement?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- No.- Why not?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Because they know he will protect me.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- OK.- And then talk to Eddie, the DJ.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46He teaches me everything - how to wear cool clothes,
0:39:46 > 0:39:49how to speak cool English.
0:39:49 > 0:39:50He is SO the cool man.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53The coolest man in the world!
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Has he not made a statement either?
0:39:56 > 0:40:00He made a statement, but he was frightened into telling lies.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03I know he wants to tell the truth. Talk to him.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05OK.
0:40:05 > 0:40:10- Speak to Sam.- Who's Sam?- Samuel Abulu.- Is he also a witness?- Yes.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Where do I find him?
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Little Africa, Baiyun Trading. All the Africans are there.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18Baiyun Trading. OK.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20They are my friends.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Chinese don't like them, but they are cool people.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28I am the DJ assist, so I am like African now.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- So you will talk to my friends for me?- Yes, of course.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Of course I will.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Thank you, Sister.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Thank you.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I feel that you will free me.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42I feel it in here.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48- So when I am free, can I go to London?- Yes.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- And you will stay with me. - I want to do that.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I want to be a DJ.
0:40:54 > 0:40:55A DJ in London!
0:40:55 > 0:40:57You will.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02In my cell...there is a little window in the top...
0:41:04 > 0:41:05I can see a star.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10Every night, one star. I can see it.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18It is you. In the night. Every night. Looking at me.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24Yes. I'm there. Every night.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25GUARD SHOUTS IN MANDARIN
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Please, talk to my lawyer.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- GUARD SHOUTS - Save me from this!- I will.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35I'll get you free! And I'll take you to London.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36You'll stay with me and you will DJ
0:41:36 > 0:41:38and I will show you the stars in the sky...
0:41:38 > 0:41:40DOOR SLAMS
0:41:42 > 0:41:43GUARD SHOUTS IN MANDARIN
0:41:51 > 0:41:56Anyone can see that he's innocent. Anyone can see that.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59This is why had to find you. I want to see his lawyer.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22HE SHOUTS
0:42:22 > 0:42:25He's telling you that it is a case we cannot win.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28But he's his lawyer! Why?
0:42:29 > 0:42:30SHE SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Guan Peng's connections are too powerful.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41So why did he put in an appeal in the first place?
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Because there is always an appeal.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46And that's it?
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- The only reason?- He's paid by the government whatever happens,
0:42:50 > 0:42:52so if he's not going to win,
0:42:52 > 0:42:54he doesn't see the point in doing anything.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57So...
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- he's completely useless?- Yes.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05What about the British Consulate? Ask him if I should go there.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08SHE SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:43:11 > 0:43:15He says it is a good idea that we should do that.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27HEAVY DOORS SLAM
0:43:39 > 0:43:41- MAN:- I appreciate your situation,
0:43:41 > 0:43:43but there really is nothing the consulate can do for you.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46- But as he's my brother... - And not a British subject,
0:43:46 > 0:43:49so we have no call to interfere with the local judicial process.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52But he was just plucked out of the air to take the place of the killer!
0:43:52 > 0:43:54- He is completely innocent. - Unfortunately,
0:43:54 > 0:43:57we do hear of this sort of thing happening from time to time,
0:43:57 > 0:44:00but as I say, it's purely an internal matter for the Chinese
0:44:00 > 0:44:03authorities, so you'll have to take it up with them.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06But Qianyi says there is no-one in authority who will take it up!
0:44:06 > 0:44:09Well, yes, and that is sometimes the reality, I'm afraid.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11So...
0:44:11 > 0:44:12I'm sorry.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18- So...- I'm really sorry, but I can't be of any help to you.
0:44:18 > 0:44:22You must be able to do something. Can't you help unofficially?
0:44:22 > 0:44:23Whatever I do here,
0:44:23 > 0:44:26I'm still a representative of the British government, and so...
0:44:26 > 0:44:29You must have some connections! Someone...
0:44:29 > 0:44:31The use of connections is always compromising
0:44:31 > 0:44:33and it would be unethical me to place myself,
0:44:33 > 0:44:37as a British government official, in that kind of position.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40I really am sorry, it's... terribly upsetting, I know.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46LOUD CHATTER
0:45:07 > 0:45:09WOMAN SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:45:20 > 0:45:22SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:45:22 > 0:45:25She wants to know how Ajun is.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30He asked me to send his love to you.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32SHE TRANSLATES
0:45:37 > 0:45:39She's thanking you for seeing him.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47Tell her that I know he's innocent.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49SHE TRANSLATES
0:45:51 > 0:45:54And that when I saw him, I saw him as my brother.
0:45:54 > 0:45:55SHE TRANSLATES
0:45:59 > 0:46:01And that I'll fight for him as my brother.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03SHE TRANSLATES
0:46:09 > 0:46:12She'll come back in a minute. She just didn't want to...
0:46:12 > 0:46:14you know, in front of us.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Are you OK?
0:46:28 > 0:46:29SHE SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:46:31 > 0:46:33She wants to show you something.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05SHE SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:47:25 > 0:47:27She's saying that she came here from Henan Province
0:47:27 > 0:47:29to work in the factory.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31And she met your father, Li Nansheng.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35When they were married they were given a birth permit.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38If you had a permit you were allowed one child.
0:47:38 > 0:47:39SHE SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:48:15 > 0:48:18Her father's family decided that this child must be a boy,
0:48:18 > 0:48:22so when you were born she knew she would have to give you away.
0:48:22 > 0:48:26She remembers the tears because she knew, even the first time
0:48:26 > 0:48:28she was feeding you, she was having to say goodbye to you.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32After two weeks she says she fed you for the last time.
0:48:32 > 0:48:36She wrapped you up so you were warm and took you to the orphanage.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38She left you at the entrance and she waited
0:48:38 > 0:48:41until someone picked you up and took you inside.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43WOMAN SPEAKS MANDARIN
0:48:43 > 0:48:45She asks if you understand.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58She says that to leave you at the orphanage was the saddest
0:48:58 > 0:49:00moment in her life.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17She says she made a mark on your body with a candle
0:49:17 > 0:49:21before she left you, hoping one day it would bring you back to her.
0:49:23 > 0:49:24She would never ask this,
0:49:24 > 0:49:27but it would make her happy to see the mark.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59She says that she has spent every day of your life thinking about you.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04I'm just going to out there for a moment.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05No! Stay here.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20SHE SPEAKS SOFTLY IN MANDARIN
0:50:27 > 0:50:28WOMAN CHUCKLES
0:51:50 > 0:51:52I've got to get him released.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56There are some people I want you to meet.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59OVERLAPPING CHATTER
0:52:04 > 0:52:08- MAN:- We're safe out here in the open, but we have to be careful.
0:52:08 > 0:52:12We are always being monitored. So just act normal.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16My name is Dongping.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19I am a journalist. Hua and Dazhen are lawyers.
0:52:20 > 0:52:24Chen is a businessman and Yuan is a scientist.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27We are members of the Citizens' Justice Movement.
0:52:27 > 0:52:31It was formed by a man named Jiang Zhen. Have you heard of him?
0:52:31 > 0:52:32No.
0:52:32 > 0:52:36He set it up to campaign against corruption in the courts and in the
0:52:36 > 0:52:41offices of government, to create an accountable and democratic society.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44What we failed to achieve at Tiananmen Square,
0:52:44 > 0:52:48we can achieve through campaigning on cases like your brother's.
0:52:48 > 0:52:52If we expose the truth in society in the courts, case by case,
0:52:52 > 0:52:57we may see the beginning of a profound change in civic society.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59And in freeing your brother,
0:52:59 > 0:53:02we can bring down the two most corrupt men in our city.
0:53:05 > 0:53:09These are the two men who framed your brother -
0:53:09 > 0:53:13Guan Peng and his brother Guan Xin, the Chief Of Police.
0:53:15 > 0:53:19If anyone of us as individuals tries to take them on,
0:53:19 > 0:53:20they will imprison us,
0:53:20 > 0:53:24remove us from our jobs and have our licence to practise law revoked.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28They can destroy our livelihoods just like that, but acting
0:53:28 > 0:53:31together in the Citizens' Justice Movement, we can bring them down.
0:53:31 > 0:53:35If we can persuade one witness to tell the truth...
0:53:35 > 0:53:38Get one witness to change his evidence...
0:53:38 > 0:53:41..then we have something to work on.
0:53:41 > 0:53:42What we are asking you to do,
0:53:42 > 0:53:46and our best chance is to use you, as the sister of Ajun.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Go with Qianyi,
0:53:49 > 0:53:52find that one witness for us.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54And if you succeed, we will use all our influence to
0:53:54 > 0:53:56get your brother freed.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13MOBILE PHONE RINGS
0:54:17 > 0:54:21- 'Hi, Mei!- Hello, Mei, Dad here.'
0:54:21 > 0:54:25- Hi, Mum, hi, Dad. - 'What is happening?'
0:54:25 > 0:54:27- Nothing at the moment. - What you mean, nothing?
0:54:27 > 0:54:31- 'I'm just in my hotel room.' - When are you coming home?
0:54:31 > 0:54:33Have you changed your flight yet?
0:54:33 > 0:54:34- 'No.'- Why not?
0:54:34 > 0:54:36I've been doing other things.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39'Anything you want to tell us about?'
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Well, it's...difficult.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47- I...met my birth mother again. - 'How was that?'- It was OK.
0:54:47 > 0:54:51'What you mean, OK? Why was it difficult?'
0:54:51 > 0:54:53I said it was OK, not difficult.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55Other things are difficult.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57- What things?- 'Nothing!
0:54:57 > 0:55:01'I've just got back into my hotel and I need time to think.'
0:55:01 > 0:55:03OK, and we appreciate that, Mei.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05But you have to give us more information than this.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07I can't really talk about it on the phone.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11- 'Why don't you try?'- Because I don't feel I can at the moment!
0:55:11 > 0:55:14I don't know what to think, and as I said,
0:55:14 > 0:55:16I've only just come back into my hotel.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18Who else have you been meeting?
0:55:18 > 0:55:21No-one. Why?
0:55:21 > 0:55:24Because we're both extremely anxious here.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27- You don't have to be! - 'So what else have you been doing
0:55:27 > 0:55:29'that you haven't had time to plan'
0:55:29 > 0:55:30when you're coming back?
0:55:30 > 0:55:34- Nothing else!- You must be doing something!- 'Mum, I'm not!'
0:55:34 > 0:55:37- What about the situation with your brother? What's happening with that? - I don't know.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41'Mei, any foreigner trying to interfere with domestic affairs
0:55:41 > 0:55:44'will just bring trouble upon themselves.'
0:55:44 > 0:55:45Serious trouble.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48We have looked up cases on the internet, Mei,
0:55:48 > 0:55:52and if your friend out there thinks that you can make any difference...
0:55:52 > 0:55:53I don't need this advice!
0:55:53 > 0:55:56I know what is happening here and I know how to look after myself!
0:55:56 > 0:55:59- But if you don't... - Good God, please!
0:55:59 > 0:56:01DIALLING TONE
0:56:01 > 0:56:03Huh!
0:56:04 > 0:56:09- We need to do something here.- Did you find the name of the consulate?
0:56:10 > 0:56:12I'll do that right now!
0:56:12 > 0:56:14SHE SIGHS
0:57:20 > 0:57:22I have to advise you most strongly
0:57:22 > 0:57:24not to get involved with these people.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27- You didn't see my brother kill Mr Alozie.- I said what I saw!
0:57:27 > 0:57:29Go away from here!
0:57:29 > 0:57:31I am trying to protect my people here.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33Now you'll have to protect them from this.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35It was like a pain in me all these years.
0:57:35 > 0:57:39And now, if I can get Ajun out of prison and free for her,
0:57:39 > 0:57:41it would be the best thing I could ever do in my life.
0:57:41 > 0:57:42The best thing ever.
0:57:42 > 0:57:46- MR LIN:- Get this evidence and I will make everything else possible.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49We will have your brother free.