Chapter 1391. Being Hostile (1)
Lee Hyeon-Su grimly addressed Wiggins.
“We... couldn’t find any lawyers willing to take the case.”
Wiggins tilted his head in confusion. “What do you mean by that? No lawyer was willing? Not a single one?”
“Unfortunately, yes.”
“Are Korean lawyers different from the lawyers I’m used to? I thought all lawyers would unhesitantly defend even Satan himself as long as they get paid enough?”
“Well, yes. That’s still true in this country. But...” Lee Hyeon-Su deeply sighed. “It sounds like the government is putting pressure on them.”
“Pressure? The Korean government is... pressuring the lawyers?”
“It seems that way, yes.”
Wiggins stared wide-eyed at Lee Hyeon-Su after failing to comprehend this outcome.
“Aren’t the lawyers the type to go after any minor mistakes the government makes to win large settlements? And when they get pressured like this, they turn that into another lawsuit to make a killing in compensation? In short, I thought all lawyers were avaricious little demons?”
“That might be the case with English-speaking countries, but the Korean lawyers don’t have that kind of power, master. Worse still, the National Security Act is a sensitive topic. Very sensitive. Knowing that, no lawyer would want to take on a case like this. They gotta worry about their public image, after all.”
“Public image? For a trivial reason like that?!”