The Ministry of Public Security and other three departments jointly deployed special rectification operations

Protect ancient and famous trees and maintain ecological security (Beautiful China)

　　Reporter Qi Yukun Kou Jiang Ze

　　"People's Daily" (14th Edition, January 3, 2023)

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　　Ancient and famous trees are not only precious species resources, but also witnesses of history.

In September last year, the Ministry of Public Security and other three departments jointly deployed a special rectification action to crack down on illegal and criminal activities that destroy ancient and famous trees. Ecological security.

　　Ancient ginkgo, stone cypress, crooked neck locust tree... At the foot of Xiangshan Mountain in the west of Beijing, many tourists stop to watch and take pictures in front of the ancient and famous trees in the National Botanical Garden.

　　In September 2022, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and the National Forestry and Grassland Bureau held a video conference to jointly deploy and carry out special rectification actions to crack down on illegal and criminal activities that destroy ancient and famous trees. High-pressure deterrence situation, and effectively maintain ancient and famous tree resources and ecological environment security.

Public security organs at all levels actively cooperate with relevant departments to take effective actions to severely crack down on illegal crimes of destroying ancient and famous trees in accordance with the law, and carry out industry rectification.

Maintain a high-pressure deterrence posture against illegal crimes that destroy ancient and famous trees

　　"A 2,600-year-old 'Ancient Phoebe King' in our village was illegally harvested and destroyed. I hope the criminals will be severely punished." On February 1, 2022, Jianhe County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province The Forest Public Security Bureau received an alarm from the people in Nanshao Village, Nanshao Town, within its jurisdiction, and a case of endangering wild plants under national key protection came into the police's field of vision.

　　Phoebe is a second-class national key protected wild plant.

Walking along the mountain road for about half an hour from Xiazhandanzhai in Nanshao Village, this "Ancient Phoebe King" on the top of the mountain came into view. Its diameter at breast height was about 1.9 meters and its chest girth was about 6 meters. Unfortunately, the tree on the east side of this tree A piece was sawed off.

　　Villagers in Xiazhandanzhai said that the villagers have a deep affection for ancient trees, and they would not usually pick up fallen branches as firewood.

After hearing that the "Ancient Phoebe King" was destroyed, everyone was very angry.

　　After receiving the report, the public security organ rushed to the scene for investigation and judged that it was a gang crime.

Under the unified organization of the Guizhou Provincial Public Security Department's Food and Drug Environmental Investigation Corps, all parties quickly mobilized elite police forces to form a task force.

　　"This case was listed as a listed supervision case by the Ministry of Public Security. After a large number of investigations, the police found that since 2021, the criminal gang has destroyed more than 30 plants under national key protection, and seized more than 200 pieces of nanmu products and 48 pieces of beech wood involved in the case." Guizhou Xiong Xiancheng, the fourth-level senior sergeant of the Food and Drug Environmental Investigation Corps of the Provincial Public Security Department, introduced.

　　The police of the special case team carried out arrests in more than 10 counties in 3 provinces of Guangxi, Fujian, and Guizhou at the same time, and arrested 32 suspects, all of whom have been transferred to prosecution.

The public security organs will also carry out pursuit and verification of suspects and suspected clues who have not yet appeared in the case, and strive to achieve the goal of attacking the entire chain, all links, and all elements.

　　"Strengthening the protection of ancient and famous trees is of great significance to promoting the construction of ecological civilization and maintaining national ecological security." The relevant person in charge of the Food and Drug Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security said that the public security organs will take more effective measures to deal with damage to ancient trees. The ecological and environmental crimes of trees and famous trees maintain a high-pressure deterrence situation, and severely punish the organizers, operators, and profiteers in the criminal interest chain in accordance with the law.

Enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of strikes

　　"Two ancient camphor trees over 300 years old in Jingang Town died abnormally." A clue sent by the People's Government of Jingang Town, Liuyang City, Hunan Province attracted the attention of Liuyang Forest Public Security Bureau.

　　The police immediately rushed to the scene to investigate and found that there were man-made holes around the trunks of the two ancient trees, which were caused by man-made poisoning.

Liuyang Forestry Public Security Bureau quickly set up a task force to investigate.

In January 2022, the police handling the case arrested the suspect Ouyang XX and other 7 people and brought them to justice.

According to the police, after poisoning the old tree, the suspect went to the local forestry department to obtain logging procedures, bought it from local villagers at a low price, and then sold it to other provinces at a high price.

　　After learning the details of the case, the Changsha Public Security Bureau immediately promoted the investigation and handling of the case. On the basis of the original special case team, it dispatched elite soldiers to enrich the special case team and fully carried out the case investigation work.

　　In the process of handling the case, the public security organs at all levels coordinated together, seamlessly connected multiple types of police, carried out combined operations, and dug deep into the clues related to the poisoned ancient trees.

More than 30 external transfer teams went to Fujian, Zhejiang and other places to dig deep and expand lines, investigate and collect evidence.

With the advancement of investigation work, the network structure of poisoned ancient trees has gradually become clear. The special case team organized and collected the network twice. A total of 5 poisoned ancient tree gangs were identified, 22 suspects involved in the case were arrested, and 43 ancient trees involved in the case were identified. strain.

So far, a criminal network poisoning ancient trees has been destroyed.

　　"The special case team took the initiative to search for clues, in-depth research and judgment, and detailed analysis of hidden dangers such as damage to ancient and famous trees, illegal logging, etc., to enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of the strike." Fu Yuanyi, director of the Forest Public Security Bureau of the Hunan Provincial Public Security Bureau, introduced.

　　In Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, Guangxi, the public security organs dug deep into the case clues provided by relevant departments, and also solved a case of destroying listed ancient camphor trees. A total of 91 damaged camphor tree branches and logs were seized, involving a value of 456,000 yuan.

The suspect in this case used the excuse of pruning the dead branches of the ancient camphor tree to eliminate potential safety hazards, and cut off the new branches of the surviving ancient camphor tree for illegal profit-making, causing damage to many local ancient and famous trees.

　　Tang Mingyu, deputy director of the Forest Public Security Bureau of Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, introduced that in the process of case investigation, the public security organs focused on the determination of subjective intentions, accumulation identification, legal support, etc., in-depth research and judgment, meticulous investigation, and found a breakthrough in the case.

At present, the two suspects have been transferred to the procuratorate for prosecution.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Food and Drug Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security stated that the public security organs will cooperate with relevant departments to strengthen daily inspections, insist on attacking early, small, and early signs, and curb illegal and criminal activities that destroy ancient and famous trees at the initial stage.

Guide the whole society to form a joint force to protect ancient and famous trees

　　Ancient and famous trees are a living culture that witnesses history, studies history, and explores the mysteries of nature. It carries the nostalgia of the broad masses of the people and has extremely important historical, cultural, ecological, scientific research, and economic values.

The results of the second national census of ancient and famous tree resources show that there are a total of 5.0819 million ancient and famous trees within the scope of the national census.

　　my country has always attached great importance to the protection of ancient and famous trees. As early as 2000, it issued the "Measures for the Protection and Management of Ancient and Famous Trees in Urban Areas".

In 2015, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Ecological Civilization", requiring "effective protection of rare and endangered wild animals and plants, ancient and famous trees and natural habitats".

In 2019, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress revised the Forest Law, making the protection of ancient and famous trees a special clause, which became a milestone for the country to protect ancient and famous trees in accordance with the law.

　　Not long after the special rectification action started, the launching ceremony of the 2022 National Ancient and Famous Trees Protection Science Popularization Week with the theme of "Protecting Ancient and Famous Trees and Sharing Green Water and Green Mountains" was held in the National Botanical Garden. "Concurrently.

Various forms such as photo exhibitions, promotional videos, special reports, law popularization activities, the launch of ancient tree tours, and the creation of ancient tree parks have attracted citizens to participate.

　　Activities have also been held across the country to vigorously promote the important value of ancient and famous trees and the significance of protecting ancient and famous trees, popularize knowledge about ancient and famous trees, and set off an upsurge in the protection of ancient and famous trees.

　　Tianjin adopts webcasts, popular science exhibitions and other forms to widely publicize the protection value of ancient and famous trees and laws and regulations; Yunnan encourages provincial and municipal agencies and social groups , Citizens actively participate in the protection of ancient and famous trees; Shandong distributes brochures and "Shandong Province's Measures for the Protection of Ancient and Famous Trees", and conducts special interviews with the ancient trees of Qianfo Mountain as an example. Tree protection knowledge...

　　"Carrying out various forms of publicity and education activities, telling the stories of ancient and famous trees, and creating a strong atmosphere of loving, cherishing and protecting ancient trees will help to enhance the awareness and enthusiasm of the whole society in protecting ancient and famous trees, and guide the whole society to participate in and supervise , forming a joint force for the protection of ancient and famous trees.” Liu Lili, deputy director of the Department of Ecological Protection and Restoration of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, said that in the future, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration will strictly implement the management and protection responsibility system, promote the protection of ancient and famous trees, and accelerate the promotion of The construction of the rule of law for the protection of famous trees should effectively protect the resources of ancient and famous trees on the land of China.

(People's Daily)