According to the Chinese people's *** and state lawyers law and lawyers conduct, lawyers as a party agent, must protect the legitimate rights and interests of the agent is not infringed upon, and according to the lawyers privilege, even if the criminal behavior, has occurred and procuratorate, public security organs have not yet grasped, if the party to inform the lawyers, lawyers should be for the party to keep secret.
According to the "national people's congress on amending" the Chinese people's *** and the criminal procedure law "decision" 7, will be amended to article 35: "the responsibility of the defender is based on the facts and the law, put forward the suspect, the defendant's innocence, misdemeanor, or mitigation, exemption from criminal responsibility of the materials and opinions, safeguard the criminal suspect, the defendant's procedural rights and other lawful rights and interests."
Decision of the National People's Congress on Amending the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Seventh: Article 35 shall be amended to read: "The duty of the defender shall be to put forward, on the basis of the facts and the law, materials and opinions as to the innocence of the suspect or the defendant, the lesser degree of culpability or the mitigation or exoneration of his criminal responsibility, and to safeguard the procedural rights and other lawful rights and interests of the suspect or the defendant. rights and other lawful rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants.