Jiangsu High Court released typical cases of Yangtze River protection
1 year and 4 months in prison for eating a Chinese sturgeon
March 1 marks the first anniversary of the official implementation of the Yangtze River Protection Law.
Over the past year, courts in Jiangsu Province have comprehensively used criminal, civil and administrative means to protect the ecological environment of the main stream of the Yangtze River and important water systems in the Yangtze River Basin, and concluded 1,804 cases involving environmental resources in the Yangtze River Basin.
On the same day, the Higher People's Court of Jiangsu Province released eight typical cases of Yangtze River protection, covering many aspects such as harming precious wild animals, illegal fishing, illegal sand mining, and environmental pollution.
Caught Chinese sturgeon and couldn't sell it for food, sentenced to one year and four months and fined 20,000 yuan
In March 2021, Li Moumou and others caught a Chinese sturgeon in the process of illegally fishing eel fry and other aquatic products in the waters near the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Li Moumou identified the fish as a Chinese sturgeon but did not take any protective measures. After contacting the sale, Li Moumou divided the fish into several pieces and brought it back to his residence for cooking and eating.
After identification, the fish is Chinese sturgeon, which is about 5 to 6 years old and the overall value is about 190,000 to 370,000 yuan.
The Rugao City People's Court held that Li Moumou violated regulations on the protection of aquatic resources and caused the death of a national first-class protected wild animal, Chinese sturgeon, and his behavior constituted the crime of endangering precious and endangered wild animals.
The court sentenced Li Moumou to one year and four months in prison and a fine of RMB 20,000.
Acting as a "protective umbrella" for illegal sand mining, sentenced to three and a half years and fined 250,000 yuan
From October to December 2020, Mao took advantage of his position as the deputy captain of the Jingjiang City Water Administration Supervision Brigade to receive property from others for a total of 322,000 yuan on multiple occasions.
During this period, Mao knew that Zhu and others had used refitted "three-nothing" sand mining boats to illegally mine sand in the Yangtze River waters at the junction of Jingjiang and Rugao, and still helped them evade punishment.
This move caused serious consequences of the illegal mining of more than 66,000 tons of river sand, and the value of the river sand involved in the case was more than 3.15 million yuan.
Mao was sentenced to one year in prison for helping criminals evade punishment; three years in prison and a fine of 250,000 yuan for accepting bribes; he decided to execute three years and six months in prison and a fine of 250,000 yuan.
Two cars collided and sulfuric acid leaked polluted water and soil, the court clarified environmental tort liability
Ji Moumou drove a heavy-duty semi-trailer with unqualified brakes and mechanical parts that did not meet the technical standards. Along the Nanjing Ring Expressway from south to north to the square ramp in the Longpao Toll Station in the Yangtze River Fourth Bridge area, effective measures could not be taken in case of circumstances. The braking measures hit the heavy tank semi-trailer driven by Zhao Moumou in the same lane ahead, causing the sulfuric acid carried in the vehicle to leak into the adjacent road, soil and ponds, causing the nearby water and land to be polluted.
The Xuanwu District People's Court ordered the insurance company of Ji Moumou's company to pay more than 200,000 yuan in the first instance based on the proportion of environmental tort accidents that the two companies should bear.
After the first-instance judgment, the two insurance companies appealed, and the Nanjing Environmental and Resources Court upheld the original judgment in the second instance.
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Wan Chengyuan correspondent Shen Gaoxuan
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More than 40,000 rare fish fry in Nanjing were put into the Yangtze River yesterday
On March 1, on the first anniversary of the promulgation and implementation of the Yangtze River Protection Law, the Nanjing Environmental Resources Court, the Xuanwu District People's Court, the Gulou District People's Procuratorate, and the Xiaguan Binjiang Business District Management Committee jointly launched the "Implementation of the Yangtze River". The protection law jointly protects the mother river "Yangtze River protection series activities, and released more than 40,000 fish fry to the Yangtze River.
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The province concluded 1,804 environmental and resource-related cases in the Yangtze River Basin in one year, and strengthened judicial cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta
On March 1, the Higher People's Court of Jiangsu Province informed the society about the implementation of the "Yangtze River Protection Law" by the courts in the province over the past year.
According to reports, the Jiangsu court has concluded 1,804 cases involving environmental resources in the Yangtze River Basin in the past year, and imposed a fine of 22.58 million yuan. At the same time, it has strengthened judicial cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta region and promoted the unification of ecological environment law enforcement in the integrated demonstration area.
The reporter learned that the Jiangsu court has concluded 1,109 criminal cases involving environmental resources in the Yangtze River Basin in the past year, and imposed a fine of 22.58 million yuan and sentenced 1,767 people to real sentences.
Severely punished the crime of polluting the Yangtze River, and concluded 288 cases involving environmental pollution in the Yangtze River Basin.
Yangzi Evening News/Ziniu News reporter Wan Chengyuan