If you are under criminal detention or arrested, only lawyers can see you. According to the existing law, family members or friends can't meet criminal suspects, only when they attend court meetings.
The lawyer's right to meet refers to the right that lawyers enjoy to meet criminal suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings according to law. In criminal cases, only lawyers are qualified to meet the criminal suspect after he is detained in the detention center and before the case is handed over to the people's procuratorate.
If the defense lawyer requests to meet with the criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in time, which shall not exceed 48 hours at the latest.
In order to ensure the normal investigation, family members are not allowed to visit during criminal detention, but defense lawyers can meet with criminal suspects to learn about the suspected charges and the relevant situation of the case. Article 85 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that when a public security organ detains a person, it must produce a detention permit. After detention, the detained person shall be immediately sent to the detention center for custody, and shall not exceed twenty-four hours. Unless it is impossible to notify or the notification of suspected crimes endangering national security or terrorist activities may hinder the investigation, the family members of the detained person shall be notified within 24 hours after detention. After the circumstances that hinder the investigation disappear, the family members of the detained person shall be notified immediately.
According to the existing laws of our country, only the defender has the right to meet the suspect after being arrested, but the non-lawyer defender needs the approval of the relevant authorities to meet the suspect, while the lawyer defender can meet the parties without approval in other cases except major bribery cases, national security cases and terrorist activities cases.
I hope the above content can help you. If in doubt, please consult a professional lawyer.
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Article 39 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Defense lawyers can meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. If a defense lawyer holds a lawyer's practice certificate, a law firm's certificate, a power of attorney or a letter of legal aid to ask for a meeting with the criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in time, which shall not exceed 48 hours at the latest. In criminal cases endangering national security and terrorist activities, defense lawyers should obtain permission from the investigation organ when meeting with the criminal suspect in custody during the investigation.