Country
Type of court
Seat of court
Beijing
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2015
Abstract
On January 8, 2015, Yirong C. departed from Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa on flight SA286, transferred to flight HX312 via Hong Kong, and arrived at Terminal 2, Beijing Capital International Airport at 18:00 on January 9, 2015. Cai Yirong, entrusted Yaqing Y. through Wang 1 (handled separately), and Yaqing Y. commissioned Junjun X., an employee of Beijing Airport Aviation Ground Services Co., Ltd., to pick up a suitcase checked by Yirong C. When Junjun X. carried the luggage through the internal passage security check, the security inspection department discovered the suspicious wildlife products in suitcase. Yirong C., Yaqing Y., Junjun X. confessed to having smuggled endangered wildlife products.
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2016) Jing, No.89 final instance
Charges
Yirong C., Yaqing Y., Junjun X. were charged with smuggling threatened and endangered wildlife products.
Species
Transnational
Yes
Decision
The court found the defendants Yirong C., Yaqing Y., Junjun X. guilty of smuggling of endangered species products according to criminal law Art. 151 II.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Yirong C. was sentenced to imprisonment for 11 years and confiscated RMB 110,000 in property. Yaqing Y. was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison with a fine of RMB 60,000. Junjun X. was sentenced to 6 years in prison with a fine of RMB 60,000. All crime involved items confiscated.
Legislation cited
Directory of the People's Republic of China on Special State Protection of Wildlife