Chinanews.com, May 5 -- The Supreme People's Procuratorate held a press conference on May 31 to report on the main situation of procuratorial organs' efforts to promote the online protection of minors in recent years, and to release typical cases of procuratorial organs strengthening the comprehensive performance of duties on the protection of minors online. Na Yanfang, director of the Ninth Procuratorate Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said that the procuratorial organs have resolutely curbed the momentum of cybercrimes involving minors based on the combination of criminal punishment and precise help and education.
First, severely punish cybercrimes that infringe on the rights and interests of minors in accordance with the law. Procuratorial organs have always adhered to the "zero tolerance" attitude, severely punished the use of minors to commit telecommunications network fraud crimes in accordance with the law, severely cracked down on the use of the Internet to "molest" minors, online contact and offline infringement of minors, the establishment and operation of pornographic websites involving minors, the use of instant messaging tools, live streaming platforms to spread pornographic materials involving minors, infringement of minors' personal information, and other criminal activities, maintain a strong crackdown and deterrent, and resolutely avoid letting cyberspace become an injury to children, a pain for parents, and a pain for society. Between 2020 and 2022, the procuratorate prosecuted 7761,<> people suspected of using telecommunications networks to commit crimes against minors. Prosecution of crimes such as "indecent assault" and "online contact, and offline sexual assault" accounted for nearly one-sixth of crimes of sexual assault of minors.
The second is to punish minors suspected of cybercrime in accordance with the law. Procuratorial organs persist in combining lawful punishment with precise assistance and education, accurately identifying the status and role of minors in cybercrimes, employing more targeted handling measures, and improving the effectiveness of education and reform rescue efforts. For crimes with serious circumstances, resolutely punish them in accordance with law, so that minors involved in crimes can fully feel the majesty of the rule of law. Between 2020 and 2022, the procuratorate prosecuted 7221,2020 minors suspected of using telecommunications networks to commit crimes. For minors who are subjectively malicious, whose crimes are minor, who are first-time offenders, incidental offenders, and who show positive repentance, while being treated leniently in accordance with the law, they are "tolerant and not connived, strictly managed, and loving." From 2022 to 2749, procuratorial organs applied conditions not to prosecute <>,<> minors suspected of aiding information network criminal activities in accordance with the law, and helped minors involved in crimes correct their mistakes, return to society, and return to society through targeted and targeted assistance.