What's wrong with this lawyer?!

"There's one more thing, now that I'm in the clear, that person who reported me for extortion..."

Old Lan's expression turned serious upon hearing this, "Lawyer Tang, rest assured, we won't wrong a good person, nor will we let a bad one off the hook!"

That settled it, Old Tang waved his hand and turned to leave, his silhouette looking as ordinary as ever, yet Old Lan truly began to admire him.

A man in the late stages of cancer, still fighting so hard for his rights, consuming painkillers that he had become tolerant to, and as he just made it clear, actually paying for the legal fees out of his own pocket and that of his own firm.

There's nothing wrong with talking about these things, doing good is just that, doing good, the police aren't the Lawyers Association.

Even if the leaders of the National Lawyers Association were here, Old Tang would have spoken his mind just the same.

Otherwise, he would have to hash out issues concerning the Lawyers Association's regulations with the other party.

So, when Old Lan said that statement just now, it was not merely polite talk, such a lawyer, yet someone was scheming by all means to have him imprisoned!

Connecting this to their actions, Old Lan now wanted to do one thing.

"Xiao Liu, apply to file a case, Gao Qingwen is falsely accusing Tang Fangjing!"

Criminal law is characterized by restraint; if one simply reports a suspicion of extortion to the police, calling it an erroneous accusation, even if it is later clarified that there was no crime committed, there would be no consequences.

Our country's Constitution has clear provisions on this, our citizens have the right to report, lodge complaints, and appeal against criminal acts to state authorities.

So you can be completely assured that when you mistakenly report or whistleblow about something, it won't be considered a crime.

The difference between a wrong accusation and defamation lies in whether you have twisted or fabricated facts subjectively. Specifically in this case, the police would know at once upon investigation, that things like "not paying money would result in the situation being posted online," are all fabrications.

That's too bad, and such behavior is called attempted defamation, not discontinuation. If a crime is discontinued, you may be exempt from punishment, but for an attempt, the penalty is only reduced or mitigated.

Old Lan directly applied to file the case because the facts and evidence were just too clear, previous transcripts, court surveillance, the judge and mediation personnel's testimonies, that was already sufficient.

Even if Old Tang himself were to defend, he couldn't change the situation.

Afternoon arrived quickly, and Old Tang had already gone to lunch with his beautiful assistant, or perhaps it's better to say, Wang Qingqing was useful during times like these.

Meanwhile, Gao Qingwen had still not returned to Qinglv County; he didn't want to go back. If he did, his sister and brother-in-law would definitely scold him again. Mainly, he wanted to see Tang Fangjing imprisoned.

It was supposed to be a simple matter; the staff at the station had taken leave before, and he had withheld their pay, it had always been fine since they were told to seek legal avenues.

No one would actually do it, but this time, Tang Fangjing, like a lunatic, didn't seek anything from Fengyu Company, but managed to corner the company with no way out.

Bored in the hotel, Gao Qingwen received a phone call, and answered casually: "Hello, who is this?"

"You're Gao Qingwen, right? We're from Dayuan District Public Security Bureau. Where are you now?"

The call was from the police station; this must mean his report had an effect!

"I'm at the Guangli Hotel near the courthouse, yes, am I going to the station now? Okay, sure."

Having hung up the phone, Gao Qingwen became interested at once, hurriedly changed his clothes, and headed out—he thought so, demanding over sixty thousand yuan, how could there possibly be no problem, this had to be extortion!

He took a taxi to the Public Security Division, and called the earlier number. In no time, several policemen came to the entrance, led by Old Lan.

"You're Gao Qingwen, right, ID number..." Old Lan said expressionlessly.

"Yes, yes, that's me. You mentioned an investigation before, do you have the results now?"

Old Lan's mouth twitched slightly, "We do, here's the case filing notification."

As he spoke, he handed over the documents he was holding; Gao Qingwen, upon hearing this, quickly opened them to see, Gao Qingwen... wait a minute, Gao Qingwen?

"No, comrade, there's some mistake here, my report was about Tang Fangjing extorting me, how come my name is on it now? I'm the plaintiff... no, I mean, I'm the one who reported the case!"

An older detective from behind Old Lan spoke up, "No mistake, Gao Qingwen, you are suspected of the crime of defamation, and are now being legally summoned by Dayuan District Public Security Bureau. Here is your summons notice."

As he spoke, the middle-aged detective handed over another document.

Gao Qingwen was dumbfounded; in all his life, he had never experienced such a situation.

The police had called him to come over, and upon arrival, there was talk about case filing and summons, and the key thing was, he came voluntarily!

"Let's go, don't just stand there," Old Lan spoke again.

Twenty minutes later, Gao Qingwen was sitting on the 'chair of regret', its touch was very cold, and somehow just specifically uncomfortable.
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Originally, Gao Qingwen thought he was quite bold, bullying those delivery workers as he pleased. But as soon as he sat in this chair, he blurted out even the matter of him and his brother-in-law going for 'big health care' the day before.

Old Lan: "..." That was something he couldn't quite wrap his head around.

A younger brother-in-law taking his brother-in-law out for that kind of activity, it was hard to know how to judge that.

However, the situation was now very clear. Gao Qingwen had confessed without any qualms to fabricating facts to try to get Tang Fangjing imprisoned, and he could basically be criminally detained now.

Thus, a call was made to Zheng Xingfa.

"What? Gao Qingwen has been arrested for suspected defamation? Wait, what's going on now!"