Beijing, May 5 (Zhongxin.com) -- In response to problems such as some "big bad wolves" coercing girls to upload nude selfies through online chats, the Supreme People's Procuratorate issued guiding cases in 31, establishing the principle of prosecution of indecent acts without physical contact ("indecent acts in the air") equivalent to offline crimes. "Since the release of the Guiding Cases, more than 2018,3000 people have been prosecuted for such crimes." Li Feng, deputy director of the Ninth Procuratorate Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said in Beijing on 31 July.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate held a press conference on the same day, at which it was reported that from 2020 to 2022, the procuratorate prosecuted 7761,<> people suspected of using telecommunications networks to harm 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.
Na Yanfang, director of the Ninth Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, said that the 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, and severely cracked down on criminal activities such as using 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 and live broadcast platforms to disseminate obscene materials involving minors, and infringement of minors' personal information.
Among the typical cases released by the Supreme People's Procuratorate and other departments on the same day was the case of the procuratorial organ's rescue and protection of "minors harmed by cybercrime". In the "Zhu Moumou Rape, Indecent Assault on Children, and Forcible Indecent Assault Case", the procuratorate grasped the characteristics of online sexual assault when handling the case, dug deep and scrutinized, and comprehensively investigated and additionally identified the facts of the crime.
At the same time, the procuratorial organs actively bring in professional forces to carry out psychological assistance to juvenile victims and help them return to normal life as soon as possible; Carry out in-depth cybersecurity education and education on preventing sexual assault, enhance minors' awareness of online risk prevention and self-protection, and block online "black hands" reaching out to minors.
In the "Sui Moumou Indecent, Rape, Extortion, Production, Trafficking, and Dissemination of Pornographic Materials for Profit", the procuratorial organs urged the public security organs to set up a special line for mandatory reporting of police information, effectively solving the problem of difficulty in discovering clues in cases of abuse of minors. Procuratorial organs also promptly urge functional departments to block the chain of online transmission, and actively promote the development of special governance, so as to achieve equal emphasis on the protection of minors online, as well as on crime and governance.
According to Li Feng, in response to the problem of criminals sexually assaulting minors in the name of recruiting child stars, the Zhejiang procuratorate formulated and issued social governance procuratorial suggestions to the administrative committee of the film and television cultural industry agglomeration area, explored the application of "smart film and television inspection" scene into the digital platform of the film and television cultural industry, and strengthened the management and protection of child actors through digital means.
Talking about the next step, Na Yanfang said that the procuratorial organs will strengthen systematic review and synchronous review, broaden the channels for problem discovery, be more adept at finding clues involving minors' civil, administrative rights and interests and public interests through joint examination of criminal cases, and be more adept at finding clues about whether there are criminal offenses from civil, administrative, and public interest litigation cases.
She also said that the Supreme People's Procuratorate will speed up the organization and compilation of guiding cases on the online protection of minors, refine and promote case-handling rules and useful experiences that reflect the characteristics of online protection of minors, and give more demonstration and direction guidance to all localities. (End)