Tianyancha website, the second instance of Lin Shengbin’s privacy and personal information protection dispute case with China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. will be heard in the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court on July 10.
On July 4, director and writer Liu Xinda told the Red Star News reporter that he and his attorney had sent an "Application for Witnesses to Appear in Court" to the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, requesting that Lin Shengbin and China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. privacy dispute be heard In the second trial, he appeared as a witness to testify.
▲Screenshot of Tianyancha website
In the first instance, he was found guilty of infringing Lin Shengbin's privacy rights
Liu Xinda refused and filed an appeal
Red Star News previously reported that in June 2017, the "nanny arson incident" in Hangzhou resulted in the death of a mother and three children, causing widespread concern. . After the incident, there were voices saying that "Lin Shengbin, the husband of the hostess who died, is suspected of committing the crime." Lin Shengbin told the media at the time that he flew from Guangzhou to Hangzhou in the early morning of the incident and was not at the crime scene.
Liu Xinda has been following this case for a long time and is skeptical of Lin Shengbin’s above remarks. In September 2021, Liu Xinda inquired about Lin Shengbin’s travel records from multiple airlines and said that no flight records were found for him in June 2017. Afterwards, he posted the recording of the call inquiring about Lin Shengbin’s flight records on Weibo.
In May 2022, Lin Shengbin took China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. and Beijing Weimeng Chuangke Network Technology Co., Ltd., the operating company of the Weibo platform, to court. During the trial, Lin Shengbin applied to add Liu Xinda as a co-defendant and withdrew the lawsuit against China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd.
In January 2024, the court ruled that Liu Xinda constituted an infringement of Lin Shengbin’s privacy rights. Liu Xinda was dissatisfied with the verdict and believed that his inquiry and publication of Lin Shengbin's travel records was legitimate public opinion supervision, so he filed an appeal.
html On July 1, Liu Xinda told the Red Star News reporter that he had not yet received the notice of the second trial of the case.Lin Shengbin and China Eastern Airlines privacy dispute case second trial
Liu Xinda applied to appear in court to testify
Recently, media reported that Tianyancha legal litigation information showed that Lin Shengbin and China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. privacy dispute case has updated hearing information, and the appeal case filed by China Eastern Airlines will be The court session will begin on July 10.
A Red Star News reporter used "Lin Shengbin" as the keyword to search the official website of Tianyancha and found that the case number "China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. and Lin's privacy rights" appeared in the "Legal Proceedings" column with the case number (2024) Hu 01 Min Zhong No. 9189 , Personal Information Protection Dispute" court announcement. The appellant is China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd., and the appellee is Lin. The trial will be held on July 10 in Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court.
In response to Tianyancha information and media reports, on July 1, a Red Star News reporter contacted Lin Shengbin's attorney to verify the relevant situation. The other party confirmed that "Lin" was Lin Shengbin. At the same time, he stated that since the second trial was in progress and privacy issues were involved, the details of the case Unable to disclose.
html On July 4, Liu Xinda told the Red Star News reporter that he and his attorney had sent an "Application for Witnesses to Appear in Court" to the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, requesting that Lin Shengbin and China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd. privacy dispute be heard at the second instance ((( 2024) Shanghai 01 Min Zhong No. 9189), appeared in court as a witness to testify.In the "Witness Appearance Application", Liu Xinda stated that Lin Shengbin originally sued China Eastern Airlines and the operating company of the Weibo platform in the Beijing Internet Court, but later withdrew the lawsuit against China Eastern Airlines, added Liu Xinda as a defendant, and split the case into two cases. The core dispute in the two cases filed by Lin Shengbin is whether the disclosure of his itinerary information on June 22, 2017 violated his right to privacy.
Liu Xinda said that because of his participation in another case, he obtained new facts that can be used as new evidence in this case. "There are overlaps in the facts of the two cases. I am willing to state the facts to the court on my behalf and help the court find out the facts."
Red Star News reporter Hu Xianhe
Editor He Xianfeng Editor-in-chief Wei Kongming
