2.9 EXAMPLES Event 1 (the demonstration) is considered as an event that precedes a related event, Event 2 (the police raid). Below is how the relationship appears: Event 2 Title: RISE Student Federation Raid Acts: Event 1 Title: May 1 Demonstration Dispersal Acts: Act 1 Type of act: Arrest Victim: Student leader no. 1 Type of chain: Event preceding a related event Act 1 Type of act: Raid Victim: RISE Student Federation Act 2 Act 2 Type of act: Beating Victim: Student leader no. 2 Type of act: Confiscation of property Victim: RISE Student Federation Figure 2.5 Graphical presentation of an event preceding a related event  Event causing another event To illustrate this kind of chain, consider the following example: On 31 January, the legislature of Country X passed a law fixing the minimum wage at a very low level. The next day, the owners of ABC company adjusted its wage scale, lowering the wages, following the new law. The first event, enactment of a law, can be considered to have caused the second event, the wage reduction. This relationship can be viewed as follows: Event 1 Title: Promulgation of new minimum wage law Acts: Act 1 Type of act: Enactment of an exploitative law on wages Victim: All wage-earners of Country X Type of chain: Event causing another event Event 2 Title: Wage reduction at ABC Company Acts: Act 1 Type of act: Application of the exploitative law on wages Victim: Workers of ABC company Figure 2.6 Graphical presentation of an event causing another event 17