On February 28, 2014, Luo Jianzhi and Li Silong loaded the cargo ship at Qingsheng Terminal in Thailand and drove to Guanli Port in China. On March 7, 2014, the "Jiazhi" cargo ship entered China's Guanle Por. On March 12, Xishuangbanna customs supervision officers inspected the "Jiazhi" cargo ship. On the spot, two ivory products that had not been declared smuggled to the customs were found, with a net weight of 5181 grams and a seahorse product with a net weight of 40,500 grams. The bird's nest has a net weight of 16,847 grams. Customs transferred the case to the Xishuangbanna Customs Anti-smuggling Branch for investigation. On March 19 of the same year, the Xishuangbanna Customs Anti-smuggling Branch detained the defendants Luo Jianzhi and Li Silong in criminal detention.
The defendant Jianzhi L., Silong L. charged with felony counts of smuggling precious and rare species of wildlife as well as the products thereof ( trial at first instance case).
Country
Type of court
Seat of court
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2016
Abstract
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2016) Yun 28, No. 216 Criminal First instance
Charges
Jianzhi L. and Silong L. were charged with smuggling precious and rare species of wildlife products.
Species
Money value
RMB 9966560
Transnational
Yes
Decision
The court found Jianzhi L. and Silong L. guilty of smuggling precious and rare species of wildlife products according to criminal law Art. 151 2.
Appealed
No
Penalty
1. Defendant Jianzhi L. should be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of seven (7) years in addition to a fine of CNY50,000 for smuggling precious and rare species of wildlife products. 2. Defendant Silong L. should be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of seven (7) years in addition to a fine of CNY50,000 for smuggling precious and rare species of wildlife products. The public security organ should recover the illegal gains of defendants and confiscated according to law.
Legislation cited
Criminal Law
National Directory of Precious and Endangered Wildlife