Fengrui represented victims' families in cases against Sanlu, the maker of the formula and one of China's biggest dairies. The firm has pursued numerous sensitive cases and represented outspoken critics of the ruling Communist Party. A look at some of the most prominent cases taken up by lawyers and activists now in custody:———CONTAMINATED BABY FORMULAIn 2008, Fengrui represented victims in a contaminated infant formula scandal that the government sought to gloss over amid preparations to hold the Summer Olympics in Beijing. That lawyer, Wang Quanzhang, was also detained last year and charged with subversion of state power in January. Others, including disbarred lawyer Li Heping, remain in detention, their legal status a continuing mystery.

Source: ABC News August 03, 2016 05:26 UTC