On July 18, 2014, Shidong Y. stored three boxes of ivory and ivory products in Cai's place. The next day, Shiliang Y. knew that the goods were ivory and ivory products, and still rented a small car driven by Pan to transport the goods from Ningde City, Fujian Province to Shanghai, and Shiliang Y. accompanied him. Later, he entrusted Yan to take the vehicle to transport the batch of ivory and ivory products from Shanghai to Tianjin, and was seized by the police of the Economic and Technological Development Division of the Dezhou Public Security Bureau when passing through the Luji Public Security Checkpoint on the Dezhou Section of the Beijing-Taiwan Expressway. After appraisal, the items involved were ivory products, with a total weight of 77.4 kg and a value of RMB 3,225,026.
Country
Territorial subdivision
Type of court
Seat of court
Dezhou
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2016
Abstract
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2016) Lu 14, No.186 final instance
Charges
Shiliang Y. charged with illegally transporting rare and endangered wild animals’ manufactured products.
Species
Money value
3,225,026 RMB
Transnational
No
Decision
The court found the defendant Shiliang Y. guilty of illegal transportation of rare and endangered wild animals’ manufactured products according to criminal law Art. 341 I.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Shiliang Y. was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The ivory and ivory products involved in the case, which were seized by the Economic and Technological Development Division of the Dezhou Municipal Public Security Bureau and had not been transferred to this court, and iphone used by the defendant as a criminal tool, were confiscated.
Court cases cited
(2015) Ping, No.53 first instance, was sent back for retrial according to (2016) Lu 14, No.93 final instance
Legislation cited
Directory of the People's Republic of China on Special State Protection of Wildlife
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