1. Can the Public Security Bureau freeze the WeChat account?
When the public security organ is investigating a criminal case, if the WeChat account is related to the case, it can freeze the account according to the needs of the case.
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 144 People's procuratorates and public security organs may, according to the needs of investigating crimes, inquire about and freeze the deposits, remittances, bonds, stocks, fund shares and other property of criminal suspects in accordance with regulations. The relevant units and individuals shall cooperate.
If a criminal suspect's deposits, remittances, bonds, stocks, fund shares and other properties have been frozen, they may not be frozen again.
Article 145 If the seized or detained property, documents, mails, telegrams or frozen deposits, remittances, bonds, stocks, fund shares and other properties are found to be really irrelevant to the case, the seizure, seizure and freezing shall be lifted within three days and returned.
Second, what measures can the public security organs take in the criminal investigation stage?
1. compulsory summons: a compulsory measure to force criminal suspects and defendants who are not in custody to appear in court for interrogation according to law.
2. Bail pending trial: In criminal proceedings, public security organs, people's procuratorates, people's courts and other judicial organs order criminal suspects and defendants who have not been arrested or need to change compulsory measures after arrest to put forward guarantors or pay bond, and issue letters of guarantee to ensure that they can be used at any time to prevent them from evading investigation, prosecution and trial, and not to detain them or temporarily execute them outside prison.
3. Residential surveillance: A compulsory measure taken by the people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs to restrict criminal suspects and defendants from leaving their residences or designated residences within a prescribed time limit, and to monitor their actions and restrict their personal freedom.
4. detention: detention, detention. In case of emergency, the public security organ temporarily detains the person who needs to be investigated according to law; Administrative detention refers to the detention of people who violate the administration of public security in the detention center of public security organs, which generally does not exceed fifteen days, and the longest combined punishment does not exceed twenty days. Administrative detention is the most severe administrative punishment. If the punished person refuses to accept the decision on administrative punishment for public security, he may apply for administrative reconsideration or bring an administrative lawsuit according to law.
5. Arrest: Arrest is a compulsory measure to completely deprive the criminal suspect and defendant of their personal freedom within a certain period of time with the approval or decision of the procuratorate and the court and carried out by the public security organ, if there is evidence to prove that there is a criminal fact and that they may be sentenced to more than fixed-term imprisonment.
The above knowledge is Bian Xiao's answer to relevant legal questions. When the public security organ is investigating a criminal case, if the WeChat account is related to the case, it can freeze the account according to the needs of the case. If you need legal help, readers can continue to consult and have a professional lawyer to answer your questions.