The defendants Pingfan D. and others charged felony counts of altering official certificate and smuggling rare wild animals (first instance case)
From September to November 2014, Pingfan D., Aiming Z. and others purchased the big-headed turtles in Myanmar many times, and hired Ding to transport them from Myanmar to the a farm in a rental house next to the Burmese Temple in Manchang Village, Daluo Village Committee of Daluo Town, China through illegal channels .