Chinanews.com, Hangzhou, July 15 (Jiang Yangye, Zhang Bin) Recently, the Leifeng Pagoda at the Nanshan Police Station in West Lake Scenic Area, Hangzhou, guarded the police. Yang Jun led the auxiliary police to patrol near the Leifeng Pagoda. A man climbed over the site of Leifeng Tower and took half of the tower brick. On the 15th, Fan Dezhu, the director of Zhejiang Jinfeng Law Firm, said in an interview that if the act is very serious and causes irreversible damage, the person who takes the brick may constitute the crime of deliberately destroying places of interest under the Criminal Law and may be sentenced to less than 5 years in prison. Or detention.
"Leifeng Sunset" is one of the ten scenic spots of West Lake. It has been widely rumored that Leifeng Pagoda bricks have the functions of "repelling evil spirits", "suitable men" and "sericulture", so they have been repeatedly stolen. In 1924, the old tower of Leifeng Tower collapsed. Since then, the Leifeng Pagoda has been rebuilt, and the newly constructed Leifeng Pagoda is China's first colorful bronze carved pagoda.
The picture shows the Leifeng Tata Brick West Lake Scenic Area Public Security Branch
The ruins of ancient pagodas are now preserved at the base of Leifeng Tower. It is reported that there are two types of bricks in the old pagoda of Leifeng Pagoda. The bricks for Tibetan scriptures are unique to Leifeng Pagoda and are more precious; the inscription bricks record the year, place name, and name of the donor when the tower was built.
Relevant person in charge of Leifeng Pagoda Scenic Area introduced that the area of the site is forbidden to enter, and the staff will regularly check the conditions in the site, and will also do moisture-proof work according to the environmental conditions. In the tour area, there is a notice board with the content of "prohibited overturning", reminding tourists to visit the civilization around the fence.
According to the relevant regulations of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the porcelain pieces of the kiln site of the national security unit are not treated as precious cultural relics. Shen Yueming, an expert in the excavation and protection of the Leifeng Pagoda Palace and a professor at Fudan University, said in an interview that Leifeng Pagoda is a national security unit. This brick is part of the national security unit and is a cultural relic.
It is reported that Du Moumou, a man who took away half of the tower bricks, said that he just wanted to take out the bricks and take a look.
After replaying and comparing the video and combining with other evidence, the police finally ruled out the man’s suspicion of theft, and imposed administrative penalties on the illegal act of disturbing the order of the public place over the fence and taking the brick.
The police reminded everyone to abide by the order of public places when playing at the attractions, deliberately taking and stealing cultural relics, antiquities, etc. are illegal acts and will bear the corresponding legal responsibilities.
Lawyer Fan Dezhu said that in this case, Du Moumou may violate Article 23 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law to disturb the order of public places and Article 63 to destroy scenic spots and historic sites, but the plot is not very serious because there is no irreversible damage to the historic sites. Administrative penalties such as warnings or fines should be imposed.
Lawyer Fan Dezhu said that in a similar situation, starting from the subjective stealing of the belongings of a place of historic interest and historic interest, if it has the purpose of illegal possession and sale, it may constitute a crime of theft according to the level of cultural relics. If the perpetrator is for pure fun, show off, etc., or if the object is not sufficient for cultural relics, the perpetrator may constitute acts of deliberately damaging places of interest as stipulated in the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, and may be subject to warning or fines, and may be detained if the circumstances are serious. Also fined. If the act is very serious and causes irreversible damage, the perpetrator may constitute the crime of deliberately destroying places of interest as stipulated in the Criminal Law and may be sentenced to imprisonment of up to 5 years or detention. (Finish)