Professor Fan Chongyi of CUPL

Professor Fan Chongyi (b. 1940) is the Director Procedure Law Center at the China University of Political Science and Law.

A new revision of the Chinese Criminal Procedure Law was passed by the National People's Congress on March 14, 2012. The law granted police authority to detain suspects without notifying their families. Many legal experts and civil right activists opposed this revision because it essentially make secret detention a lawful practice. Secret detention in name of national security has been a common practice to lock away anyone the police do not like. Last year, artist Ai Weiwei was secretly detained for several month because of his opinion on the construction quality of some public schools. A Beijing resident was secretly detained for several months because her son killed police in revenge after being abused by police. She was not released until her son was executed.

Fan argued that secret detention does not take place in China. Fan further said it was necessary to secretly detain enemies of the State. Rotten Index: ♣♣

Professor Jiang Ping of CUPL

Professor Jiang Ping, former president of the China University of Political Science and Law, spoke to a China Economic Summit on May 21, 2004.

When consulted on a case involving a Chongqing resident confronting illegal brutal eviction by real estate developers, Professor Jiang recommended the court to send law enforcement agents to assist those developers.

Professor Jiang is a civil law authority in China, notably the chief drafter of the civil code as well as the recently passed property law, which for the first time that the communism China acknowledge the ownership of private property. Professor Jiang will be remembered in the legal history for his diligent contribution. However, he will also be remembered as a rent-a-lawyer figure who sells his sole to whoever pays the higher bid.

In the aforementioned case, the resident has all lawful rights on his resident, and the commercial develop refused to make proper compensation. In stead, they cut the electricity and water to the house, and block it with a 50 feet deep trench. When all failed, they bribed the local court to use armed forces, which is in fact a direct violation of a 2004 directive from a the Chinese Supreme Court that no force shall be used by the court in evicting resident for developers. When people all over the nation cried out foul, Professor Jiang jumped out to defend the rich. Professor Jiang argued that whoever could make more money out of a piece of land should be allowed the land.

There had been great concern over the enactment of the property law. Some feared it's a public surrender to the capitalism; while some feared it furthered denied poorer's opportunity in challenging the richer.

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