The main role of lawyers in criminal cases is to provide legal help and represent defense, not to report cases on behalf of clients.
Specifically:
1. Report by the victim or insider: When a criminal case occurs, the victim or insider has the right and obligation to report the case to the public security organ, provide relevant evidence and clues, and assist the public security organ in its investigation.
2. Role of lawyers: Lawyers can provide clients with legal services such as legal consultation and agency in criminal cases, but they cannot report cases on behalf of clients. Lawyers can help clients prepare report materials and provide legal advice, but lawyers are not the main body of the report link.
3. Duties of the public security organs: The public security organs are the main investigation organs of criminal cases, responsible for accepting reports, conducting investigations, collecting evidence and arresting criminal suspects.
To sum up, criminal cases should be reported to the public security organs by the victims, insiders or relevant institutions. Lawyers can provide legal help and represent clients, but they cannot report cases on their behalf.
Legal basis:
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 115
The public security organ shall investigate the criminal cases that have been put on file, and collect and obtain evidence of the criminal suspect's guilt or innocence, light crime or heavy crime. An active criminal or a major suspect may be detained in advance according to law, and a criminal suspect who meets the conditions for arrest shall be arrested according to law.
Article 116
After investigation, the public security organs pre-examine cases with evidence to prove the facts of the crime, and verify the collected and collected evidence.