I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 491 - 489: We Admit Defeat

About the legal notice warning from Zhang Menglong, those politicians in Brahma Country had not taken it to heart, after all, the most pressing matter right now was the frontline battle. Could Zhang Menglong really dare to sue them in court?

But what they didn't realize was that Zhang Menglong indeed dared. While they were still frantically busy due to the frontline conflict, they actually received a subpoena from the court.

Those who received the subpoena included the head of the notary office, Cook, the immigration head, Hank, and some other senior officials, totaling nearly 10 people.

When Cook saw the court's subpoena, he was actually quite disdainful because he was very clear that his actions could not possibly constitute defamation. During his communication with Zhang Menglong, it had all been in an interrogative tone, and he had never flatly accused him as the instigator of all. To say that it was defamation was, in fact, rather unconvincing.

However, when he read the contents, he suddenly saw black before his eyes. Zhang Menglong was not suing him for defamation at all, but had charged him and the other heads of various departments with the crime of "human rights violation"!

He was immediately dumbfounded. All I did was ask if you went to Xuli to buy arms, how the hell did you slap me with such a serious charge?

Defamation is actually a minor issue when you look at it because it only involves an individual.

But when it comes to human rights, that's a whole different ball game; there are numerous intricacies involved. At a time when the whole world advocates for human rights, if this charge is proven, they will instantly face the finger-pointing from thousands!

The most exaggerated part is, the violations of human rights were committed by these special individuals, necessarily implying the loss of national credibility, resulting in social turmoil. Zhang Menglong was aiming to wreck their entire country!

Just as those who received the subpoenas began to discuss their legal strategy, a bombardment of news media coverage exploded. Newspapers, TV stations, social media platforms, mainstream media, they all actually began broadcasting the news.

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The headline of the news was simple yet brutal:

"World's Richest Man, Zhang Menglong, Sues Brahma Country for Human Rights Violation"

The world's richest man, what an impactful title, almost everyone who saw this news would click on it to read further. Zhang Menglong even cooperated with a video interview, which was a journalist's questions and his responses.

"Mr. Zhang, could you please tell us about your decision to sue Brahma Country for human rights violations?"

"Speaking of which, I get angry," Zhang Menglong immediately demonstrated his Oscar-worthy acting skills, "A friend of mine from Brahma Country recently passed away, so I came here to pay my respects. But what I didn't expect was that from the moment I set foot in this country, my every move was under tight surveillance. Tell me, if this isn't a violation of human rights, what is it?"

Zhang Menglong took out his phone and played the recording from that time.

"Mr. Zhang, according to our investigation, you departed Brahma Country on a private plane at 15:30 on that day, heading for Xuli, and returned to Brahma Country the following morning. We have reason to suspect that you..."

After this recording was played, the journalist's expression also changed. If the authenticity of this recording could be proven, then the crime of monitoring Zhang Menglong's personal freedom could be directly confirmed.

"According to the laws of Brahma Country, only judicial authorities have the right to access immigration records, and they must have corresponding evidence to prove that I have endangered national security in order to monitor me. But I'm just an ordinary person; I came to see my friend. Did I do anything wrong? By what right do you monitor my whereabouts?"

Zhang Menglong continued, "Is it so that in your country of Brahma, we foreigners have no right to safeguard our privacy? I now have reason to suspect that you have been keeping a 24-hour watch on me!"

Zhang Menglong's speech grew more and more outrageous, but his words carried significant incendiary power.

Everyone who heard it agreed; what he said made sense. If you're already monitoring the man's movements, who's to say you aren't having someone watch him around the clock? If that's not the violation of human rights, then what is?

"Wow, is this bullying us Huaxia people?"

"Damn, a crappy country dares to conduct surveillance? Your own citizens are human, but foreigners aren't, and they can't have their own privacy and space?"

"I think Mr. Zhang's lawsuit is justified. We must rely on legal means to resolutely protect our legitimate rights!"

"I think this is no longer just a matter of restricting personal freedom; this has become a social issue!"

...

The discussion of the matter grew more and more serious, and within just half a day, it had already spread to other countries.

Human rights is an eternal topic. Eastern countries may not have as many people who tightly cling to it, but in Western countries, those two words are even more important than their own lives.

How many Westerners, for the so-called human rights, refused to wear masks or quarantined at home during the worst of the pandemic? Such is their perverse adulation for human rights.

Once the news broke out, tens of millions of human rights activists reached a climax inside their skulls. They vehemently criticized the invasive actions of Brahma Country, especially those social organizations dedicated to protecting human rights, which organized a wealth of declaration activities.

The most exaggerated case was when some people spontaneously took to the streets of Brahma Country and held a protest that amassed a thousand participants.

Had it been the people of Brahma Country, they would have been taken away directly, but these were foreigners, whom they simply didn't dare to handle casually.

Facing pressure from all sides, the people of Brahma Country were nearly driven mad.

Zhang Menglong demanded an apology, which wasn't a difficult matter in itself, but even with an apology, would this affair simply end there? In the hearts of others, this wasn't an isolated case, they were still under the surveillance of Brahma Country, and such a so-called apology seemed far too trivial.

Unless they could prove Zhang Menglong had done something illegal or disorderly, their surveillance of him would be deemed reasonable and lawful. Otherwise, the accusation of human rights violations was nearly completely substantiated.

But what could they use as evidence?

A trip by Zhang Menglong to Xuli could prove he bought arms to support Tambat Kingdom? Such reasoning was obviously not convincing, in a society that demands evidence, without it they were slandering!

You can't just surveil him because Zhang Menglong is the world's richest person, can you? This reasoning is not tenable either.

Unless they admitted that they aspired to seize all of the Mahalast Family's assets owned by Zhang Menglong, and that they had monitored him out of fear that he might take some extreme actions.

If that were the case, the turbulence caused by the infringement of personal freedom could be minimalized to the greatest extent, but such a scandal would be enough to make them spurned for a year and a half.

But this might be their only option.

These people understood well that Zhang Menglong didn't genuinely want to sue them for human rights violations, he just wanted to stir up some excitement for the public to see.

Media from all over the world were reporting on this case, and they didn't believe that Brahma Country's level of attention was so high; they were convinced that if there wasn't a hand operating behind the scenes, it would be unbelievable.

To have so many media outlets report at once, how much money would it take to buy this kind of heat? Other than Zhang Menglong, there would be no one else so indifferent to the cost, having money and being capricious was his most significant label after all.

...

"The last line of defense on the front has fallen!"

After more than a week of standoff, under immense military disparity, Brahma Country finally couldn't hold on any longer, and all its troops retreated back to the country, with the entire disputed territory thoroughly occupied by Tambat Kingdom.

But they didn't stop there. Tambat Kingdom began to reorganize its forces, preparing to launch an attack on a second disputed territory!

Late at night, another urgent meeting was secretly convened, as the nation was now steeped in a crisis within and without.

"It's no use! If we keep fighting, we're finished!"

"Our losses have already exceeded 3 trillion US Dollars! The longer we drag this out, the greater our losses will become!"

"Go find Zhang Menglong, we concede! Give him back all the assets!"