Country
Type of court
Seat of court
Chongqing
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2019
Abstract
On September 16, 2018, Kaiming C., Dajun X. and Muzhong Y. went to the Dishuiyan mountain forest of in the six groups of Mendong Village, Chengxiang Town, Wuxi County, Chongqing without applying for the Licensed Hunting Permit, laying a power grid of more than 300 meters long. They returned at 18:00 the next day. At 21:00, they used a "wild boar machine" consisting of an inverter and a capacitor box battery to supply power to the grid for hunting. At 3 o'clock in the morning on September 18, a Chinese Goral was electrocuted. At 7 o'clock, they were arrested by the police on the spot. Kaiming C., Dajun X. and Muzhong Y. confessed to having illegally hunted threatened and endangered wildlife species.
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2019) Yu 02, No.259 final instance
Charges
Kaiming C., Dajun X. and Muzhong Y. were charged with illegally hunting and killing threatened and endangered wildlife species.
Species
Money value
Around 2,000 RMB
Transnational
No
Decision
The court found the defendants Kaiming C., Dajun X. and Muzhong Y. guilty of illegal hunting of endangered wildlife species according to criminal law Art. 341 I.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Kaiming C. was sentenced to imprisonment for 7 months, and fined 10,000 yuan. Dajun X. was sentenced to imprisonment for 7 months, and fined 10,000 yuan. Muzhong Y. was sentenced to imprisonment for 8 months, and fined 10,000 yuan. All crime involved items were confiscated.
Court cases cited
Based on the decision of first instance: (2019) Yu 0101, No.265 first instance.
Legislation cited
Criminal Law - Directory of the People's Republic of China on Special State Protection of Wildlife