Have you ever heard of a migrant worker being imprisoned for asking for wages? This has become a reality for a 56-year-old female lawyer. People are about to retire, what can they do?
It is nothing more than wanting to uphold justice and help the migrant worker brothers who have worked hard for a year and can't get their wages. Unexpectedly, there was no good reward for his kindness, not only did he fail to ask for a salary, but he ended up in prison.
As soon as this incident came out, not only the lawyer circle was fried, but even the people who ate melons were stunned. Everyone raised questions one after another: How did the court decide the case? Why did it become a crime for lawyers to defend their rights? And did anyone still take care of the rights and interests of peasant workers?
According to reports, the hapless female lawyer, Gao Bingfang, was charged with false litigation in the process of helping migrant workers get wages. According to the procuratorate, lawyer Gao and the contractor fabricated facts and sued in the name of migrant workers, resulting in 77 erroneous judgments issued by the court. This made the court angry and directly arrested Lawyer Gao.
But when you think about it, it doesn't seem that simple. First of all, the enterprise is the main body of wages, even if the contractor pays the money in advance, the enterprise is obliged to return the money to the contractor.
Why can't a contractor sue on behalf of a migrant worker? Besides, a lawyer's representation of a case is based on the evidence provided by the parties. It is the responsibility of the court to determine the authenticity of evidence. The court itself was not strict in its own trial, and the verdict was wrong, so why should the blame be dumped on the lawyer? What's more, lawyer Gao insisted that he did not know that the contractor had already paid his salary. She was most likely misled by the foreman.
Looking at the court's approach, it is full of loopholes. In the first place, it is already illegal for an enterprise to default on the wages of migrant workers, but the court does not investigate the responsibility of the enterprise, but instead arrests the contractor and the lawyer, is it not putting the cart before the horse? Moreover, according to the law, judges are also responsible for dereliction of duty, so why should they only detain lawyers and not pursue judges?
In the whole incident, the most distressing thing is the migrant workers. Everyone knows that it is inherently difficult for migrant workers to seek wages. Finally, a lawyer was willing to help, but the lawyer was arrested instead. If this spreads, will there still be lawyers who will dare to take on cases involving migrant workers seeking wages? Who will protect the rights and interests of migrant workers at that time?
In this regard, a lawyer issued a question that once the lawyer is found guilty in this case, its bad impact will be no less than the sensational Nanjing Peng Yu case. It can be seen that this is no longer a simple case, but a major event related to the safety of lawyers' practice and the protection of the rights and interests of migrant workers.
As a citizen with a sense of justice, I sincerely hope that the judiciary will handle this case impartially. Don't let the lawyer take the blame, and don't let the migrant workers have no way to ask for help. Everyone's legitimate rights and interests should be equally protected, and this is the proper meaning of a society governed by the rule of law. Otherwise, the so-called credibility of the judiciary is nothing more than an empty phrase.
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