On January 26, 2024, a group of legal aid lawyers composed of public interest lawyers from Beijing Tianshuang Law Firm and Beijing Dongwei Law Firm came to the "Everyone's Home, Friendship Life Community" to bring a special holiday "gift" to the elderly living here - a unique public lecture on law popularization in the Chinese New Year.
The lecture was hosted by the Beijing Legal Aid Center. Before the start, Chen Baizhen, chief of the Legal Aid Department of the Beijing Legal Aid Center, gave a lecture on legal aid to the elderly people present.
Legal aid is a system established by the state to provide free legal consultation, criminal defense and other legal services for citizens with financial difficulties and other parties who meet the statutory requirements, and is an integral part of the public legal service system.
How do I apply for legal aid? Under normal circumstances, cases under the jurisdiction of the basic level court are applied to the legal aid center at the location of the court, and cases under the jurisdiction of the intermediate court are applied to the Beijing Legal Aid Center.
At the event site, small Spring Festival gifts such as Spring Festival couplets and window flowers printed with the words "12348" Beijing Public Legal Service ** were also distributed to the elderly. It also reminds you to call 010-12348 Beijing Public Legal Service ** for free legal consultation.
Wang Nan, a lawyer from Beijing Tianshuang Law Firm, gave a special lecture entitled "Please Put Away This Anti-Fraud Guide for the Elderly". The special lecture started from the background of national fraud prevention, the common means of telecommunication fraud, related cases and how to prevent fraud by middle-aged and elderly people, through the statistics of fraud-related judgment cases in the past 10 years, the data analysis of the most common types of fraud among middle-aged and elderly people, and the news report of the public security organs on fraud cases, so that the elderly can intuitively feel that there are various ways to fraud, which is huge, and it is difficult to prevent.
In addition, lawyer Wang Nan explained the relevant laws and regulations on fraud, telecom fraud, and the Anti-Telecom Network Fraud Law, and gave a detailed introduction to common telecom fraud methods, such as "impersonating the public procuratorate", "impersonating the customer service of charging companies", "impersonating acquaintances" and the very well-known new term of online fraud, "killing pigs", etc., and analyzed several related cases for the elderly. Through the introduction of the above related materials, the characteristics, routines and how to prevent fraud are summarized, and it is hoped that the elderly will not believe in the pie in the sky, steady profits, high returns and other publicity, communicate more with their families, sort out the correct financial management concepts, and keep their money. Vivid cases and detailed data tell the elderly people here in detail how to prevent scams encountered in life.
After the lecture, the lawyer group also provided free one-on-one lawyer consultation and answers for the elderly who participated in the event and the elderly who needed legal assistance.
Text: Beijing Youth Daily reporter Chen Si.