Country
Type of court
Seat of court
Beijing
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2019
Abstract
Peilong S. and Guo (sentenced) purchased ivory products during their trip to Africa and hid them in containers such as potato chip boxes, milk powder cans, coffee cans, etc., and placed them in Peilong S.'s purple trolley case for entry. Guo and Peilong S. departed from Bujumbura, the capital of the Republic of Burundi, transferred via Addis Ababa in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and took flight ET604 to Beijing Capital International Airport on September 6, 2013. At the time of entry, Peilong S. and Guo chose to pass through without declaration, and did not declare any goods or articles to the customs. Customs officers seized the above-mentioned ivory products in a purple trolley case carried by Guo.
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2019) Jing, No.79 final instance
Charges
Peilong S. was charged with smuggling threatened and endangered wildlife products.
Species
Money value
1,003,549.70 RMB
Transnational
Yes
Decision
The court found the defendant Peilong S. guilty of smuggling of endangered species products according to criminal law Art. 151 II.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Peilong S. was sentenced to 5 years in prison and a fine of RMB 100,000.
Legislation cited
Directory of the People's Republic of China on Special State Protection of Wildlife