What are the legal applications of foreign-related criminal defense?

Legal application of foreign-related criminal defense: China has no separate legislation to adjust foreign-related criminal defense. In the judicial practice of foreign-related criminal cases, criminal suspects and defendants can also exercise their right of defense in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, or they can entrust 1-2 defenders to defend. A criminal suspect or defendant who is tried in absentia must entrust a defender or be notified by the court to defend him.

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Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law

A criminal suspect or defendant may entrust one or two persons as defenders in addition to exercising their right of defense. The following persons may be entrusted as defenders:

(1) lawyers;

(2) A person recommended by a people's organization or the unit to which the criminal suspect or defendant belongs;

(3) Guardians, relatives and friends of criminal suspects and defendants.

A person who has been sentenced to punishment according to law or deprived of or restricted personal freedom shall not act as a defender.

A person who has been dismissed from public office or has his lawyer's or notary's practice certificate revoked may not act as a defender, except the guardian or near relative of the criminal suspect or defendant.

Article 293

When the people's court tries a case by default, the defendant has the right to entrust a defender, and the close relatives of the defendant may also entrust a defender. If the defendant and his close relatives have not entrusted a defender, the people's court shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.