According to the provisions of the criminal law, there are generally the following situations:
1, crime of obstructing official duties
Article 277 Whoever obstructs a functionary of a state organ from performing his duties according to law by violence or threat shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or a fine.
Whoever obstructs deputies to the National People's Congress and local people's congresses at various levels from performing their duties according to law by violence or threats shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
In natural disasters and emergencies, those who obstruct Red Cross staff from performing their duties according to law by violence or threats shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.
Whoever intentionally obstructs a state security organ or a public security organ from performing the tasks of state security according to law without resorting to violence or threats and causing serious consequences shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.
2. Crime of harboring or sheltering
Article 310 Whoever knowingly provides a criminal with a hiding place or property to help him escape or commit perjury to cover up shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.
Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph and conspires in advance shall be punished as an accomplice.
3. Perjury
Article 305 In criminal proceedings, witnesses, expert witnesses, recorders and translators who intentionally make false proofs, expert appraisals, records and translations of important cases with the intention of framing others or concealing criminal evidence shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
4. Crime of obstructing testimony
Article 307 Whoever prevents a witness from testifying or instructs others to commit perjury by violence, threat or bribery shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
Whoever helps a party destroy or forge evidence, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention.
Any judicial officer who commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs shall be given a heavier punishment.
5. The crime of concealing or concealing the proceeds of crime and the proceeds from crime.
Article 312 Whoever knowingly conceals, transfers, purchases, sells on behalf of others or conceals or conceals by other means shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.
If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
In addition, your brother can have two agents, usually two lawyers, to facilitate the meeting with the parties, and one person can't explain clearly when something goes wrong.
If a family member constitutes a crime and there is more than one person, in principle, several people cannot hire a lawyer. Both industry norms and lawyer law stipulate that several interested parties cannot be represented at the same time. Family members are accomplices, and there is a conflict of interest in the relationship between crime and misdemeanor, so they cannot be represented by a lawyer.