On March 17, 2022, the police in Chun'an, Zhejiang Province uncovered a case of illegal picking and selling of wild orchids, and a man in Zhejiang was criminally detained. If we interpret this man's behavior from a legal perspective, he is suspected of endangering nationally protected plants.
A man in Zhejiang was detained for illegally collecting and selling wild orchids
The man’s surname was Liu, a native of Qingxi Village, Qiandaohu Town, Zhejiang Province. He often went to nearby mountains to dig orchids, and then He went to the farmer's market to sell it and was reported by the masses. After receiving the alarm, the police rushed to the scene and seized 50 barrels of wild orchids. Since Chun'an County has a very vast mountain forest area and abundant wild animal and plant resources, the local orchid species are very rich. Some wild orchids often grow in the county, such as Chunlan, Huilan, Jianlan, etc. So some people sell wild orchids at farmers' markets in order to make a profit. So some people arbitrarily dug these orchids in order to make profits, and these orchids are wild protected animals and plants, which will directly cause the destruction of these plant resources. Therefore, Liu was eventually prosecuted by the procuratorate for the crime of endangering national key protected plants. enforcement measures.
2. How to interpret his behavior from a legal perspective
In September 2021, the new version of the "List of National Key Protected Wild Plants" was successively announced, adding 268 species and 32 categories of wild plants. Except for the rabbit ear orchid, all wild orchids have basically been included in the list of national key protected plants. If someone illegally picks or sells wild orchids, it will violate Article 344 of the "Criminal Law" and is suspected of committing a crime, so Liu's These actions have violated the law. In the next step, local public security officers will carry out special rectification activities to severely crack down on illegal mining or selling of wild orchids, and will organize more social forces and people to participate in the action of protecting wild orchids and other animals and plants. *** Resist this kind of indiscriminate mining and excavation.