APPENDIX 1
Transcript of Audio Recording on 20/11/2016
Phone call recording（File: 16-11-20-15-51-34.wav)
Date: 2016.11.20 at 3:51pm
Background:
This was during the first period (before the signing of the Maintenance Agreement and payment of RMB15,000 a month by the Petitioner to the Respondent).
The Petitioner already started having very little access to the Child as the Child was made to stay at the Respondent’s classroom during all her spare time, including at nights as well as weekends.
That day was a Sunday. The Child had done some work that the Respondent wanted her to do, and snuck home to spend time with the Petitioner, who she was not supposed to see. She and the Petitioner were then watching a movie at home. The Respondent had then returned and got into an argument with the Child. The Child wanted to persuade the Respondent to let her spend more time with the Petitioner but the Respondent refused. The Respondent then told the Child that she would give her up and no longer be her mother, and wanted the Child to sign a piece of paper acknowledging that the Respondent would no longer be her mother.
What it shows:
- The Child badly wanted to be allowed to spend time with the Petitioner (she called it “visitation rights”)
- The Respondent kept trying to make the Child sign things against her will.
- The Respondent kept threatening the Child in ways that would make the Child feel embarrassed at school.
- The Respondent would take action that threatened violence (including brandishing a knife).
- The Child was very badly affected emotionally by the Respondent’s behavior.
| S . no | Party | Dialogue |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Resp. | …you go stay with a loser, OK? |
| 2. | Daug. | I want to discuss with you first… |
| 3. | Resp. | What? What? |
| 4. | Daug. | I… I want visitation rights… |
| 5. | Resp. | I don’t… I told you, you don’t need visitation rights, OK, because I’m giving you up to him. OK? Just sign it, OK? I’m not going to be out here until you sign it. Sign it! |
| 6. | Daug. | Don’t want to… |
| 7. | Resp. | SIGN IT! |
| 8. | Daug. | Don’t want to… |
| 9. | Resp. | Sign it and I’ll be on my way, OK? |
| 10. | Daug. | I don’t wanna sign it! |
| 11. | Resp. | YOU NEED TO CHOOSE! JUST SIGN IT! Where’s that piece of paper? |
| 12. | Daug. | I shredded it… |
| 13. | Resp. | OK I can write another one. SIGN IT! Or come with me now! |
| 14. | Daug. | I want to discuss with you before… |
| 15. | Resp. | There’s no more discussion! |
| 16. | Daug. | Yes there is… |
| 17. | Resp. | OK I’m going, alright? OK I… I… I… I’m going to write to your teacher, Ms. McGuire, and say that I’ll no longer be involved, OK, and take me off the group. And I’ll stay in the group. I’ll do it now! OK? You can come here and watch me if you like. |
| 18. | [Sound of movie playback – Petitioner and Daughter resumes watching movie] | |
| 19. | Resp. | “Hello everybody… I’m no longer FW’s mother, so take me off the group. This is how it’s gonna be now.” Alright? And this loser can have everything he wanted, OK? Yeah? Yeah? So, “Thank you everyone…” (Shows draft message to Daughter) |
| 20. | Daug. | Noooo! Don’t! |
| 21. | Resp. | No, I told you! You have to choose! Come with me now… |
| 22. | Daug. | No…. (moaning) |
| 23. | Resp. | Alright? “Thank you everybody…” |
| 24. | Daug. | NOOOOOO!!!!! (wailing loudly) |
| 25. | Resp. | You come with me now, okay? And start [pulling] this off, or else you sign it! I can write another one for you to sign. OK? Alright? Come on…. |
| 26. | Daug. | (Continue wailing and crying loudly) |
| 27. | Resp. | You think you can just pull this on me? She was supposed to do work today and she was just using you. Alright? OK? Let’s go! She was supposed to do five hours of work today and she was using you to get away from things, OK? Alright? OK? So FW, come on! “Thank you everyone…” |
| 28. | Daug. | NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! |
| 29. | Resp. | Or you can sign it. Two choices. Alright? |
| 30. | Petit. | Why don’t we sit down and discuss something more reasonable? |
| 31. | Daug. | LET’S SIT DOWN!! (continues wailing) |
| 32. | Resp. | No… no… I’m sorry, OK? There’s no reasoning with you, OK? Alright? You’re [inaudible] so shit I don’t want to talk to you. |
| 33. | Daug. | (Continues wailing loudly) |
| 34. | 2.57-4.17 | (Respondent continues to scold Daughter, Daughter continues to scream and cry) |
| 35. | Daug. | Now everybody knows I’m screwed up! (Cries…) Are you even in the classroom? |
| 36. | Resp. | Are you going to sign it, or am I going to shred every piece of your clothing! OK? Sign it! |
| 37. | Petit. | Just say, “do whatever you want.” |
| 38. | Resp. | I’m no longer interested. OK? SIGN IT! Sign it and relieve me from being your fucking mother! |
| 39. | Daug. | No… you can relieve yourself. |
| 40. | Resp. | I’m going to shred every piece of clothing of yours! |
| 41. | Daug. | OK… |
| 42. | Resp. | Starting now! OPEN THE DOOR! SIGN IT! I’M HOLDING… WITH A KNIFE! OK? Sign it now! (Trying to open the locked door) Sign it now! |
| 43. | Daug. | Why should I listen to you? |
| 44. | Resp. | I have not written to Ms. McGuire. I’m going to write to her and tell her about you. |
| 45. | Daug. | You already wrote in the group! |
| 46. | Resp. | Yeah, so? I’m going to write to Ms. McGuire too! |
| 47. | Daug. | I don’t care! You already wrote it, OK? |
| 48. | Resp. | I’m no longer interested in being your mother! Sign it! OK?! |
| 49. | Daug. | Relieve yourself… |
| 50. | Resp. | (Still trying to force the door open) SIGN IT! Sign it so it can be understood! I’m not interested, OK? Not when you pull a trick on me every weekend! |
| 51. | Daug. | (to Petitioner) I want to go… |
| 52. | Resp. | Sign it! You’re affecting my work! |
| 53. | Daug. | (to Petitioner) What if I go sign it? |
| 54. | Resp. | OK just let me read it to make sure you’re not signing anything you’re not supposed to sign. |
| 55. | Daug. | Okay… |
| 56. | Resp. | SIGN IT NOW!!!! |
| 57. | Daug. | You already sent it… |
| 58. | Resp. | (Unlocks door, Respondent rushes in holding a knife) Where’s that piece of paper? |
| 59. | Daug. | I shredded it, I told you already. (Sees knife) OH MY GOD!!!! |
| 60. | (Petitioner starts to video record the Respondent holding the knife) | |
| 61. | Resp. | What are you so afraid of? |
| 62. | Petit. | I’m going to record you! Because you’re holding a knife! |
| 63. | Resp. | I’m not holding a knife… I was opening a box, OK? |
| 64. | (Commotion – Petitioner grabs hold of Respondent’s arm to get knife out of her hand.) | |
| 65. | Resp. | Really? Oh? Really? |
| 66. | Daug. | OH MY GOD!!!!! You stupid… leave us alone!!! |
| 67. | Petit. | It’s OK, FW. |
| 68. | Resp. | Yeah? You want to pull this trick every Sunday? |
| 69. | Daug. | YOU!!! |
| 70. | Resp. | I… I was opening a box, OK? No one… |
| 71. | Daug. | YOU!!!! (screams) You are so…. |
| 72. | Resp. | I was opening a box. |
| 73. | Daug. | …screwed up!! (screaming, wailing, unintelligible) |
| 74. | Petit. | (trying to calm down Daughter) ssshhhh… sshhhh…. |
| 75. | Resp. | What did I do? What did I do? What, you think you can pull a trick on me every weekend like this? |
| 76. | Daug. | (Continues wailing and crying hard) |
| 77. | Petit. | (Still trying to calm down Daughter) Ssshhh shshhhh shhhhh…. |
| 78. | Daug. | WHY DOES MY LIFE HAVE TO BE SO SCREWED UP BECAUSE OF HER??!! |
| 79. | Resp. | Oh really? |
| 80. | Daug. | (Screaming, unintelligible)… in HIS, HKIS, Victoria Kindergarten… all because of you!!!! |
| 81. | Resp. | All because of me? Huh? |
| 82. | Daug. | YES!! |
| 83. | Resp. | (Walks back towards Petitioner and Daughter) Is it because of me? |
| 84. | Petit. | (Notices that some of his things have been destroyed) OK! Let’s play the destroying game then! (empties out a tray of things belonging to the Respondent) |
| 85. | Resp. | Ohh…. Is that all you can do? You fucking loser? You loser of the year! OK? Really? (To daughter) I have not shared it to the group yet but if you don’t come now, it will be sent! NOW! COME NOW! IT WILL BE SENT! (Looking for Daughter) Where is she now? FW! Where are you?! I have no sent it yet but if you don’t come out now it will be sent! OK? It’s already written! Where are you now? Where is she now? |
| 86. | Petit. | How would I know? |
| 87. | Resp. | (Mimicking) “How would I know?” (funny noises) Bark! Gross! Jerk! Anyway you’re famous in Rainbow City. You’re taped all over the place. FW! (Repeatedly calls her name) |
| 88. | (Period of relative silence as Respondent looks for Daughter who is hiding somewhere in the flat) | |
| 89. | Resp. | Where is she now? Where is she now? |
| 90. | Petit. | Probably the furthest away she can be from you. |
| 91. | Resp. | Oh really? Oh yes, well, probably the furthest away from you. Right? OK? You’re such a loser that you’re hopeless, cannot even afford to buy your daughter a… |
| 92. | Resp. | (Respondent tries to grab Daughter’s school bag but Petitioner prevents her from taking it.) |
| 93. | Resp. | This is mine! I bought it, OK? No? Now what? I bought it! I bought it! You don’t even have the guts… You don’t have the… Mine! I bought it! |
| 94. | Petit. | I promised her that… |
| 95. | Resp. | You promised her? Ooooh! Wow! |
| 96. | Petit. | …that I would not let you take her schoolbag. |
| 97. | Resp. | You promised her? Oh please… You promised her? I’m sorry, since when did you… Just give it to me! I’m not going to… |
| 98. | Petit. | I’m not going to let you take her schoolbag |
| 99. | Resp. | Oh really? Really? What kind of a monster are you? I don’t know? What about me? (Petitioner and Respondent continue to struggle over schoolbag) What does it mean to you anyway? Really? I’m taking what’s mine. OK? Don’t be so disgusting. Stop! What? What? Are you pushing me out? |
| 100. | Petit. | Doesn’t have to be… yes, I’m pushing you out. |
| 101. | Resp. | Oh really? |
| 102. | Petit. | That’s exactly what I’m doing. |
| 103. | Resp. | OH? What are you doing? What are you doing? Really? You’re pushing me out of the window, huh? (ruffling sound…) |
| 104. | (Long period of noises)(Respondent leaves flat.) | |
| 105. | Daug. | (whispering) What about my school bag? |
| 106. | Petit. | I stopped her from taking it. She saw it. She was going to take it. But she took your math books. |
| 107. | Daug. | That’s OK. That’s hers. |
| 108. | Petit. | You better put your math books… you better put your schoolbag somewhere else. |
| 109. | Daug. | (inaudible) |
| 110. | Petit. | Okay, she didn’t destroy my laptop. Ah, she’s taken the knife away. Okay. |
| 111. | Daug. | I took the knife away. |
| 112. | Petit. | Where did you put it? |
| 113. | Daug. | In the kitchen. |
| 114. | Petit. | OK. |
| 115. | Petit. | (Movie resumes playing) |