At noon on March 1, 2014, Shijiang S. drove his black Mercedes-Benz sedan to transport an ivory returning to Langfang City, Hebei Province. He was seized while passing through the Lujijie Rongwu Expressway Public Security Checkpoint of Binzhou Public Security Bureau. The police of Binzhou Forest Public Security Bureau questioned him on the same day and detained the ivory. On March 14, 2014, it was identified that the material involved in the case was ivory owned by Asian elephants or African elephants (Asian elephants were under first class state protection, and African elephants were listed in Appendix I of CITES); the value of the case involved is RMB 250,000. After weighing, the net weight of the ivory involved was 11.4 kg. Shijiang S. confessed to having illegally transported rare and endangered wild animals’ manufactured products.
Country
Territorial subdivision
Type of court
Seat of court
Binzhou
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2017
Abstract
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2017) Lu 16, No.100 final instance
Charges
Shijiang S. charged with illegally transporting rare and endangered wild animals’ manufactured products.
Species
Money value
250,000 RMB
Transnational
No
Decision
The court found the defendant Shijiang S. guilty of illega transportation of rare and endangered wild animals’ manufactured products according to criminal law Art. 341 I.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Shijiang S. was sentenced to 10 years in prison with a fine of RMB 50,000. The ivory involved in the case shall be confiscated and handled by the detaining authority according to law.
Court cases cited
Based on the decision of first instance: (2016) Lu 1623, No.94 first instance.
Legislation cited
Directory of the People's Republic of China on Special State Protection of Wildlife
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