Angered by the arguments of a defense lawyer in court, a local Chinese political representative leapt out of his seat, beat up the attorney, got himself apprehended—and was almost immediately let off after he announced his political credentials.
This bizarre incident took place at Chang‘an District People’s Court in Xi’an, the capital of northwestern Chinese province Shaanxi on March 23, according to local newspaper Hua Shang Daily. Defense lawyer Lu Hang was in the middle of his defense statement when Lan Tian, Chang'an’s Communist Party representative to the National People’s Congress, suddenly got up from the spectator gallery where he was seated, charged at Lu, and landed the fierce punch.
