The Presiding Judge had already ruled that Gu Bin had asked He Dongsheng and his mother leading questions.
That ruling on the Inducement, coupled with using those answers as evidence to initiate the case, made things difficult.
It was hard to explain how his intent had not been malicious accusation.
Moreover, this case had resulted in criminal punishment for He Dongsheng, meeting the criteria for the offense of false accusation.
Gu Bin was now completely on the defensive.
After taking a deep breath, Gu Bin looked at Su Bai at the plaintiff's table and slowly answered his questions.
"In response to the plaintiff's attorney's questions, my direct answers are as follows."
"First: why did I ask questions by Inducement at the time?"
"Although the court ruled that my questions at the time involved Inducement, I have already explained that they were based on the strong suspicion that He Dongsheng had committed insurance fraud."
"My purpose in questioning him was, of course, to further establish whether He Dongsheng had actually committed insurance fraud."
"Second, there is no necessary legal connection between questioning by Inducement and having the subjective intent to falsely accuse and frame He Dongsheng."
"You cannot determine that my subjective intent was to falsely accuse and frame He Dongsheng merely because I questioned him by Inducement."
"In referring the matter for a case to be opened, I made an inaccurate report, but He Dongsheng was indeed strongly suspected of insurance fraud, wasn't he?"
"Under Article 243 of the Criminal Law and its scope of application, malicious accusation requires subjective malice. My subjective intent was to investigate the facts, not to make a malicious accusation."
"There was nothing wrong with my suspicions."
"Counsel for the plaintiff, I have finished answering your questions."
After finishing his statement, Gu Bin glanced at