The current criminal procedure law of our country does not grant
relatives the privilege of refusal, but only stipulates that relatives have the right
to testify in court, which leads to a conflict between reason and legal principle.
Therefore, this article analyzes the reasons for the absence of the relatives’
privileges of refusal to testify and the necessity of establishing the privileges of
relatives’ testimony by giving an overview of the privileges of relatives’ refusal to
testify. Exceptional design scheme.