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Articles and practice notes tagged “Criminal procedure”.
Can large bank transactions prove a crime? Does money entering a manager’s personal account create criminal liability? This article explains what bank records can and cannot prove in Chinese criminal cases, focusing on the nature of funds, account control, mental elements, and offense elements.
If police in China call and ask you to “cooperate with an investigation,” do you have to go? This guide explains suspect summons, witness and victim questioning, 12- and 24-hour limits, lawyer involvement, statement review, electronic data, and what families should check if someone does not return.
When can a lawyer meet a suspect after criminal detention in China? Learn how the 24-hour, 48-hour and 37-day rules work, when arrest approval is reviewed, and what families can do.
Electronic data in cybercrime cases cannot be assessed by content alone. This guide examines source, integrity, identity attribution, and probative value, including chat records, forensic images, hash values, platform data, online extraction, procedural defects, and authenticity defects.
When a foreign national is suspected of a crime in China and family members are abroad, who may retain defense counsel? This guide explains close-relative rules, documents at each stage, and common issues involving notarization, Apostille, legal aid counsel, and consular missions.
When a foreign national is placed in criminal detention in China, family members may have little case information. This guide explains detention notices, access to defense counsel, family and consular visits, retaining a lawyer from abroad, Apostille, and the commonly discussed “37-day” period.