Mr. Wen’s Quote (08)

Some ordinary people hate me because I did not put certain lawbreakers to justice, or I did not exonerate then from the injustices they suffered. Maybe I should make an apology to them before I leave. In some cases, if I had not taken the money from the criminals and settled the cases to their advantages, they would have given the money to my superiors, and I myself would have been “settled”. Can you blame me for all of these? What hatred did I have towards those ordinary people? Did I have to harm them for no reason? They are the victims. Am I, Wen Qiang, also a victim?

有些老百姓恨我沒有替他們懲治罪犯，沉冤昭雪。也許我走前該給他們道個歉。有些案子我要是不去收那些人的錢替他們擺平，那些人就要把錢送到我的上司那裏，最後要把我擺平。這都能怪我嗎？我跟那些百姓有什麽仇？我會無緣無故地加害他們嗎？他們是受害者，難道我文強就不是受害者嗎?