Recently, a roadside tree in front of a hotel in Zhengzhou was artificially damaged, arousing media network attention.
On June 5, the reporter learned from relevant departments that six people including Shen Mou, general manager of Henan Awu Food Co., Ltd., had been detained.
According to the person in charge of the Jinshui Bureau of the Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau, at 9 o'clock on May 26, the masses reported to the police that more than a dozen street trees in front of the "Awu Yellow River Big Carp" Hotel at the intersection of Jinshui Road and Yingxie Road were suspected to have been poisoned and died. After the report, the public security organs attached great importance to it and immediately set up a task force to initiate an investigation.
After extracting the soil from the roots of dead trees, it was preliminarily determined to be man-made.
On the evening of May 27th, the task force involved Liu, the manager of the operation department of Henan Awu Food Co., Ltd., Zhao, the manager of the purchasing department, Fan, the manager of Yingxie Road store, and the “Culinary Town” store affiliated to the Yingxie Road store. Chang Yang and security guard Meng were arrested and brought to justice. The above five people confessed to the deliberate destruction of street trees.
After questioning, after the Spring Festival this year, because of concerns that the luxuriant sycamore branches and leaves in front of the restaurant would block the signs and affect the business, Shen, the general manager of Henan Awu Food Co., Ltd., instructed Liu, the manager of the operation department, and Fan, the manager of the Yingxie Road store, to purchase pesticides. Watering on the roots of plane trees many times, deliberately destroying street trees.
At noon on May 28, the task force arrested Shen and brought him to justice.
Currently, the case is under further investigation.
"The behavior of deliberately destroying street trees is bad in nature and will be severely punished." The relevant person in charge of the Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau said that such violations will be severely investigated and cracked down in accordance with the law.
As the people involved in the case return to the case one after another, what is the condition of the damaged street trees?
The person in charge of the greening management of the Jinshui District Urban Management Bureau told the reporter that emergency rescue measures have been taken for the damaged street trees and tried their best to reduce the damage to the trees.
After rescue efforts and expert evaluation, the current 4 street trees are expected to survive.
The person in charge stated that in accordance with the "Regulations on Urban Landscaping of Zhengzhou City", law enforcement agencies will strictly punish in accordance with the law, and will order the enterprises involved to bear the liability for compensation for the related losses caused by this case and the costs of replanting and replanting.
For the dead sidewalk trees, according to expert recommendations, replanting and replanting should be carried out in the next step to restore the function of the roadside trees as soon as possible.
The relevant person in charge of Zhengzhou Urban Management Bureau told reporters, “After this case, the urban management law enforcement department has carried out comprehensive law enforcement inspections and promptly investigated and dealt with the illegal acts of deliberately damaging street trees. As a'green city', the love and protection of the green requires the participation and joint action of all citizens. "(Headquarters CCTV reporter Tian Meng)