The defendant Hu charged with felony counts of illegally purchasing, transporting and selling threatened and endangered wildlife products (first instance case)

Country
Type of court
Seat of court
Wuxi
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2018
Abstract

From 2015 to 2016, defendant Hu, in the mahogany store he operated, had 2 suspected ivory brands (identified as Asian elephants or African ivory products, weighing 0.071 kg and worth RMB 2958), one suspected rhino horn were sold to Liu for 1200 yuan. On January 5, 2017, the police seized a total of 116 products in 17 categories including suspected ivory, rhino horn and other wild animal products in Hu's store. After identification, 44 of the suspected ivory products were Asian elephants or African elephants ivory products, weighing 2.4276 kg and worth 101.151 yuan. On the same day, the Forest Public Security Bureau seized a total of 30 products in 7 categories of wild animal products, including suspected ivory and rhino horn that had not been sold. It has been identified that 18 of them are Asian elephants or African elephants ivory products, weighing 0.730 kg and valued at RMB 30.417; 6 of them are horn products of rhinos, which listed in Appendix I of CITES weighing 0.166 kg and worth RMB 41.500. Hu confessed to having illegally purchased, transported and sold threatened and endangered wildlife products.

Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2018) Su 0205, No.544 first instance
Charges
Hu was charged with illegal purchase, transport and intent to sell threatened or endangered wildlife products.
Money value
176,000 RMB
Transnational
No
Decision
The court found the defendant Hu guilty of illegal purchase and sale of endangered products according to criminal law Art. 341 I
Appealed
No
Penalty
Hu was sentenced to 2 years in prison, probation for two years and a fine of RMB 2,0000. All crime involved items confiscated.
Legislation cited
Criminal Law - Directory of the People's Republic of China on Special State Protection of Wildlife
Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China