Breaking Down Barriers
As a public interest lawyer serving the community, Ouyang Jihua, Executive Director of the Zhongtong Law Firm in Beijing, provides legal advice at local communities once a week. Recently, a man came to see him about his unfair termination at work. The man, who was not named, had had an accident at work and was left disabled, according to Beijing-based Legal Daily. The company he worked for refused to pay him any compensation and fired him. The lawyer helped him win his rights.
Ouyang, who often goes to the homes of people with disabilities to provide legal advice, said labor, divorce, consumption and inheritance disputes are some of the most frequently encountered problems for the disabled. It
