Assault on lawyer highlights need to regulate power of court staff

WU LIANGSHU, a lawyer in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, complained online that he was beaten up by police at the court office when he applied to register a lawsuit at the court in Qingxiu zone, Nanning city. The court told a different story and Wu asked them to publish the video record to show who's version of the incident was right. Sichuan Online comments:

No video record has been released, but Wu published a photo in which his trousers were almost totally destroyed. The court responded that its staff were "trying to search him" because they suspected he was making a sound recording.

Such a response is contradictory and shows the court employees are not professional. The destroyed trousers show Wu suffered from violence, yet the court denied that, without listing any evidence. This is detrimental to their reputation.