Soon.
An hour quickly passed after the recess was announced.
The hearing resumed.
At the court clerk's call for everyone to rise, the three members of the Collegial Panel entered the courtroom again.
At the presiding judge's seat.
Presiding Judge Bai An looked around and struck the Gavel.
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"The hearing will now resume."
"Regarding the respective statements of the plaintiff and the Prosecution."
"The Collegial Panel has discussed the issues raised in both sides' statements."
"For now, discussion between the plaintiff and the Prosecution over whether Zhang Laidong is suspected of picking quarrels and provoking trouble will be suspended."
"Once the court has finished discussing the plaintiff's application to revoke the administrative penalty, and all three parties have finished their statements, a final determination will be made."
"Do either of you have any objections?"
Su Bai said, "We have no objection."
Mo Xiao said, "We have no objection."
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"Neither side has any objections."
"We will now hear the plaintiff's application to revoke the administrative penalty imposed by the Water Pipeline Station."
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"Plaintiff, judging from the Litigation Application you submitted, you contend that the Water Pipeline Station acted unlawfully in its administrative capacity. Do you have any substantive evidence or explanation based on legal provisions?"
"Yes, Your Honor."
Su Bai spoke slowly, then took out a document from his litigation materials and continued slowly, "Regarding the fine of three hundred thousand imposed on us in the first-instance judgment."
"We believe the provisions were improperly applied."
"In the first-instance proceedings, the evidence concerning the fine of three hundred thousand showed that the Water Pipeline Station ordered us three times to dismantle and rebuild the bridge we had built, and used this as grounds to impose the maximum penalty on us."
"The legal provision