Criminal Defense Lawyer Chen Youxi Publicly Exposes How the Right to Counsel in Senior Officials' Duty-Related Crime Cases Is Being Taken Away by Legal Aid Lawyers Filling the Seat
In August 2026, prominent criminal defense lawyer Chen Youxi publicly pointed out that in multiple cases involving fallen officials, the case-handling authorities appointed legal aid lawyers to crowd out the lawyers retained by family members, effectively depriving the parties of their right to defense.