Chinese lawyers accuse court officials of interfering in trial, slam ‘blatant sabotage’ of legal system

“Afterwards, we accidentally found the criminal court judge of the Haixi intermediate court and the director of the Tianjun county court were remotely giving instructions in a WeChat group,” the letter said, referring to a messaging and social media platform. According to liberal-leaning newspaper Southern Weekly, one of the lawyers involved in the trial, Liu … Read more

Ex-Xinjiang official under investigation by China’s top anti-corruption watchdog

Xinjiang’s former education chief Li Pengxin has been detained by China’s top anti-corruption watchdog. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said on its website on Monday that Li, 63, the former deputy secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region’s party committee and secretary of the region’s education work committee, was being investigated for “suspected … Read more