According to him, local official friends in Shimen once revealed to him that He Xinchu wanted to reconcile after the “official letter” was exposed, but the county leaders blocked it, saying that he “must get an explanation.”
Cheng Delin also admitted that his “uncompromising attitude” really annoyed He Xinchu, but He Xinchu never agreed to apologize or compensate him, and the county did not take any action against him.
In December 2009, Cheng Delin went to the Yuelu District Court of Changsha City to sue He Xinchu for allegedly defaming citizens’ reputation rights, and the case was successfully filed.
After receiving an “official letter” from the Propaganda Department of the Shimen County Party Committee, China Women’s Newspaper appointed a department director and the person in charge of the newspaper’s Hunan reporter station to go to Shimen to investigate. According to Cheng Delin, the investigation concluded that he had no problems and was not punished by the newspaper in any way.
Cheng Delin, who is waiting for the case to go to trial, is also confident of winning the lawsuit because “so far they have all been abusive words, none of which are based on facts.”
For this reason, Cheng Delin felt “poor” for He Xinchu, “a deputy minister has such qualities.”
He Xinchu also still had a deep grudge against Cheng Delin, “The rabbit doesn’t even eat the grass beside its nest. Do you think he is cheap?”
Zhan Razhen also sighed, “He is over 40 years old and still has no stable job. I am quite anxious for him.”■