According to report plenty of Chinese lawyers have been harassed, detained and even jailed in China. Another incident had became viral in social media when Wu Liangshu claims that he was beaten by court policemen on June 3 after his request to file a case in a district court in Nanning, Guangxi province was rejected, reports the People's Daily Online.
South China Morning Post said, the clash broke out when Wu refused to hand over his mobile phone for inspection by Qingxiu district court police. Wu had used the phone to record a conversation with court officials in its petition.
Mr. Wu was offered a new set of clothes but he knew the power of what he was about to do."No thanks," he said.The lawyer then walked out the front door of the court complex carrying his court materials in ripped open shirt. He was then photographed outside the building
"The refusal to establish a court case and the violent assault and search of a lawyer seriously damage the rights of attorneys. If even a professional lawyer is treated with barbaric and violent means, just imagine how they deal with civilians," said the lawyers' statement , posted online on Sunday evening. Thousands of lawyers in China condemned the incident and urge an investigation.
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