Legal analysis: Treating a military wife’s cheating may lead to the crime of sabotage of military marriage. The crime of sabotage of military marriage refers to the act of cohabiting or marrying the spouse of an active-duty soldier while knowing that she is. The crime of destroying military marriage is subjectively manifested as the intentional destruction of military marriage relationships. That is to say, the perpetrator must know that the other party is the spouse of an active-duty military member and marry or cohabit with him or her. If not informed, it will depend on the specific circumstances of the parties concerned.
Legal basis: Article 259 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. Anyone who knowingly lives with or marries a spouse of an active-duty soldier shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention. Anyone who takes advantage of his authority or affiliation to rape the wife of an active service member by coercion shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 236 of this Law.