About the fourth right

About the fourth right

About the fourth right

About the fourth right

Published over 1 year ago

When a dispute arises or a crime is suspected, in the past, it was nothing more than reporting to the police, customs or various professional organizations. For lawyers, the professional conduct was reported to the Law Society of Hong Kong, and for doctors, it was reported to the Medical Council. Most professional groups also have corresponding complaint mechanisms. . But now in addition to reporting these, we have another channel: reporting to Dong X.

The program of a certain major station is very popular now, and my mother is watching it almost every night. Although sometimes their arrangement seems to deliberately whet the audience's appetite, and the things reported are sometimes too trivial to be worth mentioning, they do occasionally reveal some dark sides of society that may not have been taken seriously in the past. What impressed me the most was that a Mong Kok law firm was recently accused of conspiring to defraud victims of financial companies. To be honest, it’s really hard for outsiders to prevent insiders from trying to deceive you. For example, for a property transaction, you will often have to explain the contents for forty or fifty pages. Do you really understand? If I secretly changed the concept and it was difficult for you to close the deal and you were forced to cancel the order, you might not know it (don't worry, I won't do it). Even if you report this kind of compliant operation to the Lawyers Association, it will be difficult to come to a conclusion.

But in fact, will there be any real effect after the report is made? Let’s put it this way, after Dong X reported on the operations of this law firm on April 6 and 7, the Law Society of Hong Kong issued a statement on April 11 that it would take the relevant reports seriously. How long does it usually take to take such disciplinary action? How heavy is the punishment? The disciplinary rulings of the Law Society will be made public online. You can refer to them:

https://www.hk-lawyer.org/contents/disciplinary-decisions

This is all public information. Please analyze it objectively and come up with your own ideas. However, looking at it from another perspective, after Baodongx, relevant agencies will still need to intervene to clean up inappropriate behavior, and we can see its limitations.

This may be the so-called "fourth estate" of the media. Of course, this is not entirely good. This kind of subjective public trial can easily be misled and abused. Isn't it also scary for a single institution to indirectly pronounce someone's social death? What if there is personal gain involved? Moreover, the parties involved must be careful when making reports to avoid obstructing justice. Having said so much, the main point I want to bring out is: Dear friends, I actually want to appear on the show. If the Queen's Six Big Shapes Hit the Rock is going to be dizzy and I have no time to spare, can I ask my little brother to take part in two episodes? Or if Law tyrant XX needs a male guest, I will pay him to participate in the show.

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