Suspected of violating the law, is there a scalper ticket at the second trial of Wu Yifan? Lawyer: If it is true, Wu Yifan | Intermediate People's Court | scalper ticket
On July 25, 2023, the Third Intermediate People's Court of Beijing announced that the court had held a court hearing in accordance with the law to hear the case of appellant Wu Yifan's rape and gathering for sexual activity. Due to the involvement of the victim's privacy, the case will be heard in a closed court session in accordance with the law.
On July 26th, a reporter from Chao News discovered on a certain social media platform that a netizen posted a screenshot, which showed: "On July 25th, Wu Yifan's second trial site was located in the first row of the Beijing Third Intermediate People's Court, with 7000 seats available on a first come, first served basis. Lawyers brought them in." That day, the reporter searched for keywords such as "Wu Yifan scalpers" on another social media platform, and many netizens also posted screenshots such as "front row for Wu Yifan's second trial" and "front row for Wu Yifan's second trial".
Screenshot of netizen messages
On this matter, a journalist from Chao News simultaneously consulted a practitioner. The practitioner has many years of experience in ticketing work and stated that the information is false. The reporter also found that some netizens commented that this must be a scammer, just treat it as a joke. Some netizens also believe that these messages are just to grab traffic.
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Even though it is known that this matter may be false news, the related content still instantly sparked heated discussions among netizens. Some netizens have expressed that "the degree to which non fans want to get in" and "there are no tickets that scalpers cannot receive".
Screenshot of comments from netizens
If this is indeed the case, should the lawyer and buyer who brought the person bear legal responsibility?
Fu Jian, director of Henan Zejin Law Firm, told Chao News that any act of reselling scalper tickets is explicitly prohibited by law, and reselling trial seats is also an illegal act. "As a lawyer, one should abide by professional discipline and norms. If they collude with scalpers to seek illegal benefits, there is a risk of revoking their practice license. In addition to receiving punishment, those with serious circumstances may be suspected of criminal offenses," said Fu Jian.
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Fu Jian stated that if the scalper ticket is used by oneself and there is no resale, the buyer shall not bear legal responsibility. If the buyer enters the trial site through special means and disrupts the court order or leaks the trial content, they will be held legally responsible in accordance with the law.
Under normal circumstances, how can citizens apply for attendance? Fu Jian introduced to the reporter that for publicly tried cases, citizens can bring their identification documents to the court to listen and must abide by court order. "But for cases that are not publicly tried, it is not allowed to be heard. According to Article 9 of the" Rules of the People's Court ", citizens can attend public court proceedings.". When the attendance seats cannot meet the needs, the people's court may issue attendance tickets based on the order of applications or through drawing lots, lottery, etc., but priority should be given to arranging for close relatives of the parties or other persons with interests in the case to attend.
Another senior lawyer replied to the Chao News reporter that if the trial is a public trial, if you want to attend, you only need to register your ID card and do not need anyone to bring it in; If it is a private trial, a suspect can only be equipped with two agents. If he wants to enter the court as a lawyer's assistant, he must also be an assistant of the law firm. The identity verification of the entrance personnel will be very strict, and it is impossible to bring irrelevant personnel into the court. "Wu Yifan's case has been confirmed to be a private trial. If it is really a scalper, it is fraud."