What does it mean when people often say "you have the right to remain silent" to suspects in foreign movies? How come I haven’t heard of it in China?

This is the criminal right to silence system in foreign legal systems.

It is based on a real case. The general situation of the case is that in the United States in the 1960s, a black man named Miranda was accused of rape by a white woman. The police arrested Miranda, and after interrogation, Miranda admitted his guilt. The police subsequently filed a public prosecution, but in court Miranda filed an application to annul the police arrest and prosecution against him. According to the then-U.S. law, one provision stated that when a suspect is arrested and interrogated, the suspect You have the right to know that you have the right to remain silent! That is to say, if the suspect believes that his confession will have adverse consequences for him, then the suspect does not need to say anything! This is considered a right!

As a result, the judge accepted his application and Miranda was released on bail! But this guy didn't change his bad ways, and later committed another crime, and was confirmed by his girlfriend that he was indeed guilty in the white woman's case. He was later sentenced. After being released from prison, he was stabbed to death in a bar fight. This is something to talk about later.

The American judiciary learned the lessons of this case and has since then stipulated that police must read their rights to suspects during law enforcement activities. Otherwise, the arrest procedure is illegal, that is, an illegal arrest.

China is currently trying to integrate with international laws, including the trial of the right to criminal silence. For example, the current law enforcement agencies no longer have slogans such as "Leniency for confessions, severity for resistance". In the procuratorates, At work, we have also begun to experiment with working methods such as "zero confession", but this does not mean that this right has been officially introduced in the country. Everything is still in the trial stage. If you say you have this right, you will have it. If you say you don’t have it, you can get along with it.