In June 2020, a villager from Xiacang Town named "Feng Village, Xiacang Town, Jizhou District" went to Beijing to buy fruit and came back with a fever. Information such as positive COVID-19 tests spread in WeChat Moments, attracting widespread attention.
After verification by the district epidemic prevention headquarters, the situation is not true and it is purely a rumor in Xiacang Village, Jixian County. The district public security agency will trace the source of the rumors and crack down on them in accordance with the law.
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Legal liability for spreading rumors during epidemic prevention and control;
1. Administrative liability. According to Article 25 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law", anyone who spreads rumors, lies about dangers, epidemics, police situations, or deliberately disrupts social order by other methods shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than five hundred yuan. fine; if the circumstances are minor, he shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan.
2. Criminal liability. Anyone who fabricates false epidemic information and spreads it on information networks or other media, or knowingly spreads it on information networks or other media that is false epidemic information and seriously disrupts social order, shall be punished in accordance with Article 291 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. stipulates that the crime of fabricating and deliberately disseminating false information shall be convicted and punished.
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