Chinese lawyer says she was pepper-sprayed by court officials when trying to observe case

Chinese lawyer says she was pepper-sprayed by court officials when trying to observe case

Members of China’s legal community are shocked after lawyers were pepper-sprayed by court bailiffs as they tried to sit in on a landmark case involving local authorities suing a private company outside the area they govern. Guo Rui, a lawyer with Beijing Zhongwen Law Firm, said in a WeChat post on Thursday that she and … Read more