It seems absurd, but the court's decision is not wrong. After the case was pronounced, the defendant did not appeal and the public prosecution agency did not protest, and the case became legally effective. ?
Song, a native of Northeast China, worked in the Russian Federation on 20/0/9. In September of the same year, when he was unloading wood in the wood processing factory where he worked, he suddenly found a suspected tiger bone.
If you know something about Chinese medicine, you should know the value of tiger bone. Traditional medicine thinks that tiger bone has the functions of strengthening bones and muscles, strengthening waist and kidney, and dispelling cold. It is mainly used to treat kidney deficiency, bone weakness, abdominal pain, walking weakness, shoulder and arm pain, especially for treating wind arthralgia and cold pain, limb contracture, liver and kidney deficiency, waist and foot weakness and other diseases. ?
However, tiger bones were rare even in ancient times, let alone now. Song accidentally picked up a tiger bone and was overjoyed, but he didn't know that this humble bone would bring him jail.
At first, Song, like most people in China, soaked in wine without using it, just to treat his rheumatism caused by years of fatigue. Drinking a cup of tiger bone wine every day, Song felt that he had reached the peak of his life.
In the same year, Song's visa expired and he had to return to China. Song packed the bones in black plastic bags and put them in the trunk interlayer for shipment back to China.
The next day, Song took a bus from the Russian port industrial zone to Dongning City. When passing through Dongning Port, Song did not declare his tiger bones truthfully. Customs officers found that Song's suitcase was abnormal during the security check.
After identification, this bone is really a tiger bone, and it is also an extremely rare Siberian tiger bone. This humble bone is worth about 0.2 million/200 thousand (I'm curious, how is this price determined)
1993, China joined the United Nations Convention on the Protection of Wild Animals, and then the state issued the Notice on Prohibiting the Trading of Rhinoceros Horn and Tiger Bone, which prohibited the trading of tiger bone, canceled the medicinal standard of tiger bone, prohibited the use of tiger bone medicinal materials and prohibited the trading of tiger bone wine. For this kind of behavior, the state has introduced strict laws and regulations to crack down. Song's failure to report the discovery of tiger bones is also within the scope of being hit, not to mention that he also privately transported across the border.
In response to Song's behavior, the public prosecution agency prosecuted him.
The Intermediate People's Court of Mudanjiang City, which accepted the case, held that the defendant Song violated the national customs regulations and laws and regulations on wildlife protection, evaded customs supervision, and knew that tiger bones were precious animal products prohibited from entering the country, and still illegally brought them into the country. His behavior has constituted the crime of smuggling precious animal products. The facts and charges accused by the public prosecution agency are established and should be punished according to law. In view of the fact that the defendant Song voluntarily confessed his crime truthfully, admitted the alleged criminal facts, and was willing to accept the punishment, he was given a lighter and more lenient punishment according to law.
On July 8, 2020, the Mudanjiang Intermediate People's Court made a first-instance judgment. Defendant Song was convicted of smuggling precious animal products, sentenced to five years in prison and fined RMB 6,543,800+0,000. The seized tiger bones were confiscated by Suifenhe Customs Anti-smuggling Branch.
After the case was pronounced, the defendant did not appeal and the public prosecution agency did not protest, and the case became legally effective.
The Customs Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) clearly stipulates that it is smuggling to transport, carry or mail goods and articles prohibited or restricted from entering or leaving the country, or goods and articles that should be taxed according to law. Whoever sells goods or articles whose entry or exit is prohibited or restricted by the state, or transports, purchases or sells goods subject to tax according to law without legal proof shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law.
The tiger bones of the Song Dynasty belong to articles prohibited or restricted by the state from entering or leaving the country, so it is not too unfair to be punished.