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Lawyer assisting a suspect must be competent and independent

Dear PAO,X is being charged with the crime of Theft. According to X's live-in partner, X informed the arresting officers that he has a lawyer of his choice, the one that was provided by his employer, because the latter also wants to protect the rights of X as she believes that X did not commit the crime. But it turned out that during the investigation, X was not assisted by his preferred counsel but by the lawyer that was assigned to him by the arresting officers, who allegedly forced him to sign a confession. Is that confession valid and binding?Blaze

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