Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 27th, Question: How to punish the production and sale of fake masks for making ill-gotten wealth?
Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiong Feng
Recently, due to the impact of the epidemic, the demand for protective materials such as masks has surged, and the demand for protective materials such as masks, goggles, and disinfection supplies has been huge. Some criminals, for their own personal benefit, take the opportunity to carry out illegal and criminal activities such as the production and sale of fake and inferior masks and other protective supplies, which seriously endanger the health and life of the people and must be severely punished according to law.
[Case] On the morning of February 1, a policeman from the Beijing Public Security Bureau went to Taiyuan to investigate a major case of selling fake and shoddy 3M brand masks. The fake and inferior masks involved in this case were sold to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, and the quantity was huge. It was during the epidemic prevention and control period and brought great hidden danger to the people.
The food and drug environmental investigation detachment of the Taiyuan Public Security Bureau quickly organized the backbone forces. After 10 hours of continuous fighting, the criminal suspects Li Mozhang and Luo Mouyi were captured. After investigation, the two went to Gaomi City, Shandong Province to buy more than 580,000 counterfeit 3M masks, valued at more than 6 million yuan, and later sold to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, with a total profit of more than 580,000 yuan. The two have been handed over to the Beijing police for investigation and punishment.
The reporter learned that in the past few days, the food and drug investigation departments of public security organs in various places have closely cooperated with relevant departments to strengthen the connection of executions. They have taken the initiative to conduct investigations and found out that they have seriously checked and reported fake and inferior protective masks, disinfectants, and protective clothing reported by the public. A number of major cases were detected.
As of February 21, public security organs across the country have investigated and handled 615 cases involving the production and sale of fake and shoddy products and fake and shoddy medicines, medical devices, and medical and sanitary materials in the epidemic situation, arrested 1,474 suspects, destroyed 612 criminal dens, and seized more than 3,000 masks involved Thousands of cases, worth 162 million yuan.
[Interpretation] According to the opinions issued by the "Two High and Two Ministries" on punishing illegal crimes that prevent and prevent new coronavirus infection and pneumonia epidemics in accordance with the law, during the epidemic prevention and control period, production and sale of inferior prevention and control products, protective products, and materials, or Manufacture and sale of fake and inferior medicines used for the prevention and treatment of pneumonitis caused by new types of coronaviruses, in accordance with the provisions of Article 140, Article 141, and Article 142 of the Criminal Law The crime of product, the crime of producing or selling fake drugs or the crime of producing or selling inferior drugs is convicted and punished.
During the epidemic prevention and control period, if medical masks, goggles, protective clothing and other medical equipment are produced that do not meet the national and industrial standards to protect human health, or medical equipment that is known to be out of compliance with the standard is sufficient to seriously endanger human health, Article 145 of the Criminal Law stipulates that the crime of producing and selling medical equipment that does not meet the standards shall be convicted and punished.
Consumers who encounter the sale of counterfeit and inferior masks, disinfectants and other medical equipment can call the market supervision department to report hotline 12315 or 110 to make a telephone complaint or alarm; they can also retain invoices, receipts and other vouchers and use the relevant fake mask disinfectant as The evidence is given to the market supervision department; if you encounter a large number of places where fake mask disinfectant is sold, and production sites, you can call 110 to report to the public security organs.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security stated that the public security organs will "zero tolerance" for such criminal activities involving epidemic situations, and insist on early and small-scale outbreaks of criminal activities in the production and sale of fake and shoddy protective materials, promptly eliminate hidden public health hazards, and effectively protect them. The lives of the people are healthy and safe, and good social order is maintained.