Whom does the Law serve?

Margo Kingston's Webdiary quotes P.F. Journey:

The westerners often forget that the Asian Society is still basically feudal, collective and hierarchical. The Laws are there to serve the Power, not to check the Power. I have a deep suspicion that if we look closely enough this is also the case in the West, except that the West is very much more polished and sophisticated in hiding this whereas the Asians are blatant.