Distinguished leaders of Chaoyang District Justice Bureau:
Everybody is good! I am the wife of Lawyer Lv Xiansan from Anhui and the client of Lawyer Zhou Ze. The Chaoyang Justice Bureau originally agreed with me to testify at the hearing of Zhou Ze’s lawyer, and also issued a written notice, but it was cancelled for some reason. On the day of the hearing, I was stopped at the door of the hearing and waited in the cold wind for a day. I hereby announce my prepared statement for the hearing. Though my words are pale, they are always silent.
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Notice of witness issued by Beijing Chaoyang Justice Bureau
Zhou ze, a lawyer for free aid Lv Xian three second trial, because weibo hefei public security to reveal the investigators in the case of torture, complaints from hefei public security revenge, chaoyang bureau after accepting think zhou lawyer accused “effect in improper way to handle the case according to law”, to give zhou ze, a lawyer out of business a year of punishment, is unfair to zhou ze, a lawyer.
This requires little legal expertise. Common sense alone makes it clear that the charges are untenable.
Illegal and criminal acts are not protected by law, and it is the legal right and duty of every citizen to expose illegal and criminal acts. Zhou ze, a lawyer as a lawyer, as a Chinese citizen at the same time, the broker Lv Xian SanAn in the process of the second trial, found the investigation organ in handling Lv Xian SanAn torture illegal and criminal behavior, and the crime has been people’s procuratorate and the court of trial shield, zhou ze, a lawyer at this time using the right endowed legal to expose the crime, not only should not be punished, should also be recognized.
The reason that lawyer Zhou Ze was punished is that “it will affect the handling of the case according to law”, which is untenable. The investigation and first instance of Mr. Lv’s case were not “handling the case according to law”, but perverting the law. Lawyer Zhou Ze exposed the extortion of confession by torture in Mr. Lv’s third case, which had a positive impact on the handling of the case by the court of second instance. Zhou ze, a lawyer after torture, procuratorate in anhui province actively withdrawn a few copies of illegal evidence, the anhui province higher people’s court has ruled out by a few evidence of this torture, the last sentence will be commuted the first-instance 12 years for 3 years, despite a second trial of a guilty verdict is correct, but just from the point of sentence are greatly reduced, the first-instance court case no “in accordance with the law”, but a serious mistake.
If zhou ze, a lawyer has affected the case in accordance with the law, I think the effect is real, and is a very positive influence, zhou ze, a lawyer by exposing the hidden torture of trial evidence, prompting a second trial court ruled in a second trial in correcting the mistakes of the first-instance judgment, maintaining the judicial organ in the image of the people and promote the progress of judicial, if lawyer zhou ze, therefore punished, just in people’s heart remodeling of justice and destroyed by Beijing’s chaoyang district bureau of positive image. The outcome of this hearing is not only related to lawyer Zhou Ze’s practice, but also related to the image of China’s judicial organs in the minds of the people.
Next, I would like to briefly introduce some of the cases of lawyer Zhou Ze’s acting as attorney for Lv Xiansan and my reports on criminals who have broken the law:
Lu Xiansan, born in 1980 in Shouxian County, Anhui Province, a poor rural family, ancestors are farmers. His parents were orphans, illiterate, and grew up on the help of villagers. Lv Xiansan also received money from villagers to complete his studies and became a lawyer in 2012. But it was him as a lawyer who got us into this mess.
On March 15, 2018, Lv Xiansan was detained by the Hefei Public Security Bureau on suspicion of joint fraud for several civil cases he had acted on behalf of. Lv Xiansan was a normal agent in this case and charged normal fees. Because the case obviously did not constitute a crime, Hefei Procuratorate did not agree to the arrest on the grounds of “unclear facts and insufficient evidence”. Lv was released on bail after being held for 37 days by the Hefei police.
The Hefei Municipal Public Security Bureau refused to accept the conclusion of the procuratorate’s not approving the arrest, and respectively reviewed and reviewed the case with the municipal and provincial procuratorial organs. Both procuratorates believed that Lv Xiansu did not constitute a crime and maintained the decision of not approving the arrest.
On January 22, 2019, facing the same case and the same evidence, Hefei Procuratorate, for unknown reasons, did not stick to the bottom line and prosecuted Lv Xiansan on the two charges of mafian-type organization and fraud. Then on January 29, 2019, Lv Xiansan was approved to be arrested by Hefei Central People’s Court.
At the end of September 2018, Lv Xianan was prosecuted to the Hefei Procuratorate. At the early stage, the lawyer found that he was charged with two charges of crime of Mafia and fraud after reviewing the papers. At that time, he felt that there was a problem. They advised me to seek a lawyer from Beijing. Later, I heard that the former lawyer received threats from the public security, not to “mess” speech, so I suggested that we change lawyers.
It is not so easy to change a lawyer. I know that lawyers in Beijing charge very high fees, so we cannot afford to find a lawyer in Beijing. One of Lv’s friends knows our situation and is willing to help to represent us. Unexpectedly, before the trial of the Lv case, he stopped his business because he represented the Lv case. At that time, he told me that there was no way for me to find a lawyer from other places.
Mr. Lu is facing trial without a lawyer, and I have to worry about the livelihood of my family and the case of Mr. Lu. At that time, we had no money. During Lv’s insurance period, he had no income and returned the agency fee for the unsettled case. The only house and car in the family were frozen and there was no way to sell it. I couldn’t find a local lawyer at that time, and everyone avoided mentioning Mr. Lu’s name.
At that time, I thought it would be easier to die than to live. At that time the children are often sick, I remember once I was on a business trip when two children fell ill at the same time, two treasure fever to more than 40 degrees, two old people are illiterate, go out on the lost, do not know how to go to the hospital 、、、、、、 that kind of despair did not experience the people can not empathise with. That’s when I knew about Weibo. I didn’t want to complain when I opened my Weibo. I just wanted to record the difficulties of my life and prepare to leave a little record for my later departure from this world. In the most desperate moment, I lost the courage to live. I bought all the children’s clothes for the next three years and planned to attract attention by dying.
Later, when I saw that the case involving Lin Xiaoqing was exposed on Weibo, which was similar to the case of Mr. Lv, I left a message on Weibo and the headlines to the lawyers for help, telling them about the case of Mr. Lv. Almost all the lawyers thought that Mr. Lv was wronged. At that time, I did not understand the market of mafia-related cases, and some out-of-town lawyers were willing to act as agents, but the cost was a little high, and I really could not afford so much money. I told them that I was willing to make IOUs and use my car as collateral. Later, a lawyer recommended me to lawyers Yan Xin and Jin Hongwei in Beijing. They took the initiative to contact me and offered assistance to represent the first trial of Lv Xiansan’s case. If I had not sought help online and had not been assisted by Lawyer Jin and Lawyer Yan, it would be estimated that Lv Xiansan would be the most miserable lawyer in China. He had been wronged for nothing and even had no lawyer to represent him.
Some people might say, well, he still has a law firm, he can find another law firm. Mr. Lv practiced in a small law firm. When Mr. Lv was first detained, the director of the law firm told me that they were asked by the relevant units to avoid suspicion. I only later learned that if you don’t have a lawyer, the court will appoint a legal aid attorney.
In the first instance, the Hefei Intermediate People’s Court held a public hearing, broadcast the trial on Weibo, applied for dismissal of wrongful convictions by lawyers, transferred the trial videos, and witnesses appeared in court. However, the Hefei Intermediate People’s Court did not support the practice of extorting confessions by torture, and did not consider it lawful to obtain evidence by torture. I clearly remember Xu Weiqin’s statement in the court that the prosecutor took someone else’s confession and asked him to copy it. He accused Lu Xianshan of being involved in the crime, or else he would arrest her youngest daughter. The prosecutor took not lv sansan agent case to accuse lv sansan, the defendant did not know lv sansan under the circumstances also cooperate with the prosecutor to accuse lv sansan 、、、、、、 finally hefei middle court still accept the evidence of the words extracted by torture to shao bochun et al., heavily sentenced lv sansan 12 years of fraud, mafian-related charges were not found guilty.
From the three times the procuratorate did not approve the arrest, to the prosecution of mafia-related charges, the approval of arrest and the court sentenced the fraud heavily, the mafia-related charges were not identified, there was no change in the facts and evidence.
During the court session, Anhui Bar Association sent members to observe and organized experts to demonstrate twice. The experts agreed that lawyer Lv Xian San’s behavior involved in the case was a normal act of acting for the performance of his duties and did not constitute a crime. Experts believe that if Lv commits a crime, then any lawyer who represents him in a civil case can be held criminally liable.
On the day of the sentencing, my seventy days of parents-in-law for Shouting a few words of injustice, that day was to hinder the crime of official detention house. My 71-year-old father-in-law had a car accident at the end of 2013 that broke nine ribs, as well as a broken wrist and ankle. My mother-in-law is less than 1.4 meters tall and weighs less than 80 jin. She has a history of mental illness, coronary heart disease and hypertension. During my stay in the detention center, I worried about the old man’s health, and my lawyer applied for bail many times, but I did not support it. The person who handled the case told me that this case was personally ordered by the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and that they were not in charge. I also heard that they had planned to release the old man after the verdict of Lu’s second trial.
In my once happy family, now I am the only one left with my two young sons (when Lv Xiansan was arrested, the elder son was 6 years old, and the younger one was 9 months old, and I was still nursing). The judge of first instance also talked to me many times, telling me that he had no say in the case and asked me to find a lawyer to prepare for the second trial. Until now, I believe that the video of extolling confession by torture was because the judge of the first instance thought Lv was too wronged and he could do nothing about it, so he deliberately put it in the file of the second instance and handed it over to the second instance for ruling.
We had never thought of Shouting grievances before. We were used to calming things down, a little resigned. But we were pushed into a corner, and suddenly, old parents lost their sons, young children lost their fathers, and I had to support them all alone for twelve long years. In the past 12 years, the children did not enjoy their father’s love, and Erbao did not even know their father’s existence. I dare not think about it.
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Lv is represented by Zhou Ze and Siwei Jiang
After the introduction of the second trial, I found the lawyer Siwei Jiang and the lawyer Zhou Ze, but the lawyer Zhou was not willing to accept the case at the beginning, because he had too many cases on hand, he also thought that the lawyer of the first instance had defended well enough, and his intervention of the second trial was not of much use. After seeing our family situation, and by the lawyer and other lawyers persuaded, just took our case, two lawyers also free assistance, travel expenses are not willing to accept, before this I would not dare to think. Relay support for the two lawyers gave me the feeling that our family was grasping at straws. Before I came into contact with these lawyers, I had never thought that there were such “silly” lawyers, which may be God’s blessing to us.
The pressure of public opinion, the old man detained for 30 days for protection, the body and spirit was seriously hit, heard the old man about the experience in the inside, I couldn’t live. In the meantime, I was told that the second trial of the Lu case might not be held, and it would be of no use even to seek lawyers such as Zhou Ze and Siwei Jiang. This statement, I believe. In Anhui, I saw no hope. I could not even submit the charges. Lv Xiansan’s verdict made me desperate, so I made a simple settlement, sent my in-laws back to my relatives, left my 7-year-old son behind, and set foot on the road to Beijing with my two-year-old son at the end of December 2019.
When Lawyer Zhou and Lawyer Si knew that I left my child alone in my hometown, they tried to persuade me to go back many times, but I refused to listen. I had prepared for the worst. At that time, I thought that the second trial was our only chance, and if the second trial continued to adjudict Lv Xiansan, we would have no way out anyway, even if we died in Beijing. If the first trial is changed to 3 years, I know Lv San is still wrong, but I will not go to great lengths, I will take good care of the elderly and children, and wait for Lv San to come out to do it by himself.
I did not expect to encounter the epidemic in January 2020, and my child and I were trapped in Beijing. During the epidemic period, I could not get out of the house or send letters. I was in great pain, and the days seemed like years. During the Spring Festival, I told about the case of Mr. Lu San and my experience in the WeChat group, and sorted out the text [in order to give Mr. Lu San cry for justice, I wanted to jump off the building for countless times] and published it on Weibo and public accounts. When lawyer Zhou Ze saw this, he worried that we were living a poor life in Beijing and that he would not accept the financial support he offered me. He also said that other lawyers asked him to transfer the money.
Maybe it was because I went to Beijing and put a lot of pressure on Lawyer Zhou. I later learned that during that time, Lawyer Zhou found problems in the synchronized video and promptly arranged the team to translate the audio and video into text. I heard there were more than 200 hours of simultaneous video, and they translated it all into text! That’s a lot of work! Two hundred hours, a judge coming to work on time, doing nothing but watching the video for a month! They don’t have a rest for Spring Festival! They do this because the judge doesn’t have time to look at the video and find the problem. This is a completely free case, excuse me the whole country has a few lawyers to be able to do again? He did so because he was afraid of the court on the grounds of the epidemic, and did not hold the trial directly.
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A screenshot of a video of torture
In February 2020, lawyer Zhou released a video of torture and we were shocked to see it. Before, I only heard from Mr. Lv that he had been tortured to extortion his confession, but now I see these videos of extortion, and I know that it is true and more cruel than what Mr. Lv said. Unexpectedly, after the video was released, Zhou was warned by the judge. When I contacted lawyer Zhou, lawyer Zhou was afraid I was worried but also comforted me. I think the confession extorted by torture is true. The defense made by Mr. Zhou was carried out within the legal framework and on the premise of respecting the facts. There was no violation of any laws or regulations. And this is not a state secret. Isn’t the Ministry of Public Security’s requirement to synchronize audio and video recordings to prevent extorting confessions by torture? To make torture impossible to hide?
At the end of April 2020, an insider told Anhui High Court that it was preparing to issue an order without holding a court session. I was extremely worried. After May 1, I went to the national bar association to apply for rights protection, in addition to fear or fear, I fear that I do not know which day received the maintenance of the ruling. In May, Mr. Zhou joined my live broadcast and publicly defended Mr. Lv’s case. Zhou lawyer for Lv three this free inverted money case to the utmost, see the synchronous video has a problem, and colleagues in the translation of all the synchronous video into the text. He was just trying to save an innocent colleague and our family.
In the two years since Lv was arrested, I have had no support and no normal rest. Venging injustice is all I have. During my stay in Beijing, I couldn’t be afraid to have a video call with the child I miss day and night. The child’s teacher called me to reflect the child’s psychological problems, but I have no time, I strive for is how to survive. All I can do is organize materials day and night, write letters one after another… I have experienced so much pain, despair and helplessness on this road, but I firmly believe Lv Xian San is innocent.
I have been in Beijing for nearly nine months, and I have been reporting and sending letters to all departments in accordance with the law. Go to the national bar association application rights protection, I took the young child in the sun and rain in the national bar association downstairs insisted on 80 working days. Under the efforts of Zhou Ze and Siwei Jiang lawyers, Lv first three cases ushered in the second trial. When the trial began, I had not planned to go back to Hefei, but Lawyer Zhou advised me to go back, asking me to have hope and confidence in the fair verdict of the court of second instance. By anhui province high court trial 6 days two nights, completely as you can see, this case charges Lv Xian constitute the crime of fraud of the so-called three lawyers, rather than not enough evidence is sufficient, in turn Lv Xian three fundamental has been proved to be innocent, a few evidence of alleged guilty entire case, are partners in crime confession, are illegal means to obtain, the main record of illegal sites (not detention places), illegal means (threat, luring, corporal punishment, etc.), the victim does not recognize the threat of arrest, the victim the defendant does not admit of torture on the defendant. There is not a single objective evidence in this case, which can prove that lawyer lv xiansan was involved in the crime. In the second instance, Lv Xiansan’s sentence was changed from 12 years in the first instance to 3 years, which also proved that the defense of Zhou Ze and Si Weijiang was confirmed by Anhui High People’s Court. Zhou Ze should not be punished, but should be commended.
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Lv xiansan in the second trial part of the lawyers
After the sentence was changed in the second instance, Lu Xiansan was only one year away. I had renewed hope for my life. I felt like I was alive again. I went to work, found a kindergarten for my child, focused on my older son, who was already having problems, and we longed for a normal life that had been lost for so long. Just when I was looking forward to life, the revenge against my family came fast and fast. First, the police prosecuted my elderly and sickly in-laws who had been detained for a month. Then the court came to my house to auction our only housing, mother-in-law by shock fell leg, a sick. When I was tired of dealing with, and learned that Zhou Ze lawyer will be punished, make me completely collapsed! If I had known this, I would rather not find a lawyer, so as not to bring such a good lawyer Zhou into retaliation. I really want to say goodbye to this world with my elderly in-laws and two young children and get over it all…
The status of my complaint
Lv Xian three told me when I was in a guarantor, he suffered torture at the police station, beaten by get the toilet also threatened no evidence, is to live for a week in a detention center office interrogation, various coerced, hefei public security police division marshal, in order to force he pleaded guilty even promised to his contacts and hefei municipal public security bureau, after guarantee Lv Xian SanMei can have 2 million income,,,,,,, and so on, Lv Xian three when released, he write the report material is good, but there has been no to reflect, because everyone in talking to him, is now a guarantor, you haven’t lost freedom, don’t go to reflect, And I put myself in. But the appeasment didn’t work, and Lv was arrested on Jan. 29, 2019, which is Xiao Nian in the southern part of the lunar calendar.
After Lv Xiansan was arrested, the first day of work was February 12, 2019, the eighth day of the Chinese New Year. I went to various departments to report with the information he had written before. At that time, I went to the letter and visit, the Supervision Commission, the procuratorate and other relevant departments to reflect, do not say that the case is not accepted, do not say that the case is not accepted in the process of hearing. Everywhere can not find a reasonable place, no door to complain. The mail went unanswered.
On August 16, 2019, the first trial of Lv Xiansan began for four days, and the trial was broadcast live on the Weibo account of Hefei Middle People’s Court. In October 2019, before the verdict was handed down, I collected conclusive evidence that Wang Yunhui, the public prosecutor in the Lv Xiansan case, had strong ties to the case, and reported it in writing to the Hefei Intermediate People’s Court and the Hefei People’s Procuratorate. Unexpectedly, the Hefei People’s Procuratorate not only refused to accept the material, but also insisted on not receiving the material reason I caught the Hefei city heye ground police station, is really called every day should not be called to the ground is not working, this is to adhere to the law to accuse to the end. The prosecutor I accused, Wang Yunhui, was rated as advanced that year. I went to other departments to reflect, but no reply was given to me.
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A screenshot of a video of torture
On February 15, 2020, during the epidemic period, lawyer Zhou Ze disclosed two videos of police torture through his microblog. I was shocked and treasured by them. I thought there would be no problem to file a complaint after I got this video of torture. In the video released, Qian Xiaoxing threatened the defendant, “Obstinate people will be beaten, Obstinate cattle will plow the field”, “If you tell the fuck, I will look down on you…” “, “Want to taste some shit?” “, from time to time Shao handcuffs tight, has 13 times press Shao Baichun’s handcuffs, each time as long as 10-20 seconds, Shao cried out for pain. Qian Xiaoxing, a police officer, also said he was communicating with Shao “joyfully”, asking Shao, “What’s wrong? Why do you bark like a dog? Don’t tight tight? Lao Shao, happy?” The cruelty of the video is hard to look at. I naively thought to take such a real hammer to complain, should cause the attention of relevant departments. When I reported that Lu Xiansan had been tortured, they also said that I had no evidence of police torture, but now there is real evidence.
Unexpectedly, I used the video to extract a confession and received a reply from the Hefei Public Security Bureau: all the problems you have reflected are not true. The Interpol Detachment handled the case in strict accordance with the case handling procedures. We have made false accusations against people. I still don’t understand when torture became legal. I sent hundreds of complaints to reflect the letter, in addition to the Hefei public security yao hai sub-bureau of this reply, other replies are transferred to the petition, Anhui high court, on a word: save!
I refuse to accept Yao sea public security this reply, continue to send a letter to accuse. Later, after inquiry, I learned that extorted confession by torture should be accepted by the procuratorate. I contacted the Anhui Provincial Procuratorate and the Hefei Municipal Procuratorate and told me that it had been accepted on April 8, 2020 and transferred to the Fourth Procuratorate of the Hefei Municipal Procuratorate for handling. So I contacted the Hefei Procuratorate every month to ask for the result, and the reply was always “the case is complicated and in process”! On the reception day of Hefei Procurator-General, I went to inquire about the progress almost every time. It has been 10 months now, and the Lv case has been finished, but there is still no answer! As for the complaint against the public prosecutor Wang Yunhui, he did not even give me a procedural reply. In September, on the day of Hefei Procurator-General’s Day, I resubmitted my complaint about the public prosecutor Wang Yunhui, but I still haven’t received any procedural reply.
I don’t understand. In the reporting process of Mr. Lu’s case, a Canadian * went to complain, saying that Li Guangjian had been deceived. The public security had not even started to investigate whether the “victim” Li Guangjian was really deceived. From Zhou Lv published Li Guangjian synchronous video text, I just know that Li Guangjian did not admit that he was cheated, hundreds of times denied being cheated, but accused the reporter of confound black and white, in order to wipe the debt, the case investigator also threatened the “victim” Li Guangjian must cooperate to admit being cheated **, simply subvert three views. I have seen the penalty decision, Hefei Public Security Bureau complained to lawyer Zhou Ze on December 15, and Chaoyang Justice Bureau issued the penalty notice within less than a week! And I have been suing for 10 months with hard hammer video evidence, and still no result! I once posted a letter of complaint written by Lv Xiansan on the Internet. However, I was immediately called over by the public security organs and threatened to delete the post. If I did not delete the post, I would be put in a detention center. Qian Xiaoxing’s confession was published online, and Weibo was banned twice. Who can tell me how the common people should Sue?
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Scene after the hearing
We are not legal professionals, but we understand a simple truth, laws should be encouraging people, but now the situation, not only our family last-borns think impassability, all people don’t understand: why have been torture is conclusive proof of the law for selfish case workers not punished, but is in accordance with the trial to clarify the truth zhou ze, a lawyer by punishment?
Recently, a number of people have contacted me, saying that the punishment of Zhou has made them see no hope. Almost every unjust, false or wrong case has a confession extorted by torture. In Mr. Lv’s case, the person who extorted a confession by torture was not punished, but the lawyer who exposed the confession by torture was punished. Does that mean that extorted a confession by torture has been legalized? If lawyers are required to keep such torture a secret, where will ordinary people seek justice?
Finally, I again request the Chaoyang Justice Bureau not to punish Zhou Ze, do not destroy our belief in the rule of law, thank you!
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