China News Service, Zhangping, Fujian, January 11 (Chen Lifeng, Lian Yunhong, Liu Qingping) The People’s Court of Zhangping City, Fujian Province disclosed on the 11th that the court publicly sentenced a case involving the illegal purchase and sale of rare and endangered wild animals and wild animal products. The defendant Yu Moumou was sentenced to 12 years and 8 months in prison for the crime of illegally purchasing and selling rare and endangered wild animals and products of rare and endangered wild animals, and a fine of 400,000 yuan.
From 2018 to 2019, defendant Yu Moumou violated wildlife protection regulations and illegally purchased and sold 23 hawk-billed tortoises, 7 pangolins, and antelopes without the approval of wildlife management departments. Products with a value of 405,880 yuan.
In addition to the above-mentioned illegal acts, Mr. Yu also carried out illegal purchases and sales of rare and endangered wild animals and products with Ye, Wang, Chen, Li and others (handled in another case).
The court found that the defendant, Yu Moumou, violated wildlife protection regulations and illegally purchased and sold 23 hawk-billed tortoises, 7 pangolins and hyena products without the approval of the wildlife management department. The value is 405,880 yuan, and the circumstances are particularly serious. Its behavior has constituted the crime of illegally purchasing and selling precious and endangered wild animals, precious and endangered wild animal products, and at the same time, it has destroyed the ecological resources of wild animals and harmed the public interest of the country and society. Defendant Yu Moumou was imprisoned for twelve years and eight months, and was fined 400,000 yuan; the total illegal income was confiscated 96588 yuan; the compensation for the loss of wild animal resources was equivalent to 285,000 yuan, and the defendant in the other case jointly compensated the national wildlife resources for the loss of 70,000 yuan. Yuan, and apologized to the news media at or above the county level in Zhangping City for their actions that damage the ecological resources of wild animals and harm the national and social public interests.
Yu XX pleaded guilty and pleaded guilty in court.
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