iamwhoiam :
, r! t% d, h% g- \% P$ [Yes, laws indicate the bottom-line of acceptable behaviour.That is the reason laws need to be observed by all people, no matter who he/she may be.
@, ^: Z8 ~5 i- L$ X+ A: p# i7 p: USo, we don't have cases like my-father-is-li-qong-here. Losing the video-tape is "tempering with evidence", giving false statements/silencing witnesses/giving pressure to investigating officers are "obstructing the course of justice".
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obstructing the course of justice"---all these are criminal, and thus imprisonable offences.
4 |) b$ A' D$ Z6 e' K# f0 [Years ago, a deputy head of a university had to resign in disgrace, because he asked a research lecturer not to conduct researches that showed the first chief executive was losing popularity. The CE's secretary, who made the suggestion to the university deputy head, had to resign too. |