Lawyer defending Lao Rongzhi threatened; expressing emotions must also abide by laws and regulations.

Compiled from The Paper
 
On July 5, Wu Danhong, the defense lawyer for Lao Rongzhi, stated that the man who previously called to threaten to kill his entire family had been detained by police for five days. That day, he received an administrative penalty decision from the Chaoyang Branch of the Beijing Public Security Bureau.

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Case review
On June 26, Zhao Defang, an assistant to Wu Danhong, received a death threat call. The caller said that if Lao Rongzhi's case was remanded for retrial or the verdict was changed, he would kill Wu Danhong's entire family. Zhao Defang reported the case to the Changying Police Station of the Chaoyang Branch that day, and the police accepted the case.
 
A recording provided by Zhao Defang shows that a number from Yingtan, Jiangxi, after confirming Zhao Defang's identity, said, "Don't ask who I am. I'm telling you, if Lao Rongzhi is remanded for retrial or the verdict is changed, I will kill Wu Danhong's daughter and everyone in his family. Tell him that."
 
The administrative penalty decision from the Chaoyang Branch shows that the offender, Ruan Moumou, born in 1987, resides in Jinxi County, Jiangxi Province. At around 3:00 PM on June 26, Ruan Moumou threatened another person's personal safety by phone in Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province. According to Article 42, Item 1 of the Public Security Administration Punishments Law of the People's Republic of China, he was sentenced to five days of administrative detention. The execution method and period are: from July 2, 2023, to July 7, 2023, at the Chaoyang District Detention Center.
 
《 [1] The People's Republic of China Public Security Administration Punishments Law
[6] Article 42
Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for up to five days or fined up to 500 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for between five and ten days and may also be fined up to 500 yuan: (1) writing threatening letters or threatening another person's personal safety by other means; (2) publicly insulting another person or fabricating facts to slander another person; (3) fabricating facts to falsely accuse another person, attempting to subject them to criminal liability or public security administrative penalties; (4) threatening, insulting, assaulting, or retaliating against witnesses or their close relatives; (5) repeatedly sending obscene, insulting, threatening, or other information, interfering with another person's normal life; (6) peeping, secretly photographing, eavesdropping, or spreading another person's privacy.
 
[1] The author's perspective
The Lao Rongzhi case has been a focus of public attention from the very beginning. Even if Lao Rongzhi is suspected of committing unforgivable crimes, this still requires awaiting the court's verdict. Even if it is a death sentence, the death penalty review procedure must be carried out. This shows that even criminals are granted corresponding rights by law. As ordinary people, we can have our own emotions and attitudes, but we must not extend them to affect the fair and impartial trial of the case, let alone threaten or intimidate others. Otherwise, the mistakes made by Lao Rongzhi are crimes, and the actions of those who threaten or intimidate are also crimes.