China News Service Ningde, April 29 (Li Yufeng) The Gutian County Court of Ningde, Fujian disclosed on April 29 that the court opened a public hearing and sentenced a case of opening a casino during the epidemic prevention and control, and sentenced Lin to the crime of opening a casino. A certain term of imprisonment for one year, and a fine of 12,000 yuan. This is the first case of a casino opened during the epidemic prevention and control announced by Fujian Province.
The court heard: From May 2018 to January 29, 2020, Lin Mou organized a dozen pesticides in a pesticide store operated by Liuyi Si Road, Chengxi Street, Gutian County in dozens of people by playing mahjong and playing cards. Gambling, a total of 11,000 yuan from the profit.
During the prevention and control of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, Lin Moumou still gathered to gamble, causing many people to cross-infect New Coronary Pneumonia. On February 28, Lin Moumou took the initiative to go to Gutian County Public Security Bureau to surrender the case and withdraw the illegal income.
The court held that, for the purpose of profit, Lin Moumou opened a casino to organize multiple people to conduct gambling activities, and took advantage of it. His behavior has constituted the crime of opening a casino. During the prevention and control of the epidemic, Lin Moumou still opened a casino to gather for gambling regardless of the overall situation of prevention and control. As a result, many people were cross-infected with new coronary pneumonia due to the gathering, and the social impact was bad. He should be punished severely according to law. In view of its surrender, confession of guilt, withdrawal of illegal gains, etc., the court made the above judgment in accordance with the law.
According to the official of the method, opening a casino to gather gambling is illegal and criminal. Especially in the critical period of fighting the epidemic, gathering gambling is even more irresponsible to yourself, your family and society. For the behavior of opening a casino to gather gambling, it can be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of less than three years, detention or regulation, and fined; in serious cases, it can also be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than three years and less than ten years, and fined. (Finish)