Country
Type of court
Seat of court
Yulin
Court jurisdiction
Date of opinion
2018
Abstract
From April to May 2018, Dejie R. repeatedly went to the mountains near the Caisu Village, and used self-made hunting tools to catch coucals. During this period, he successively hunted 10 coucals and killed and frozen them. Later he purchased 9 coucals from others. At 9 o'clock on May 28th of the same year, he carried the 19 coucals to the bridgehead of Xingfu Temple for sale, and he was arrested on the spot by the police. Dejie R. confessed to have illegally hunted, killed, purchased and sold endangered wildlife.
Language of document
Chinese
Reference number
(2018) Gui 09 , No.340 final instance
Charges
The defendant Dejie R. was charged with illegally hunting, killing, purchasing and selling endangered wildlife.
Money value
Around 19,000 RMB.
Transnational
No
Decision
The court found the defendant Dejie R. guilty of illegal hunting, killing, purchase and sale of endangered wildlife according to criminal law Art. 341 I.
Appealed
No
Penalty
Dejie R. was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined 50,000 yuan. All crime involved items confiscated.
Court cases cited
Based on the decision of first instance: (2018) Gui 0923, No.424 first instance
Legislation cited
Directory of the People's Republic of China on Special State Protection of Wildlife