China News Service, Kunming, February 29 (Miao Chao) A reporter learned from the Yunnan Provincial Higher People’s Court on the 29th that the Kunming Intermediate People’s Court yesterday upheld the original judgment in accordance with the law and punished the illegal transportation of 146 national second-level protected animals Alexander parrots. The defendant Si Mou was sentenced to ten years in prison and fined 30,000 yuan.
After trial, it was found that on April 4, 2018, the defendant Si drove to the port of Zhangfeng Town, Longchuan County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, received a batch of Alexander parrots, and then transported them to the cargo department of Tengchong Tuofeng Airport , and used someone else’s ID card to go through the shipping procedures, and sent the parrot from Tengchong to Chengdu via Kunming.
On April 8, 2018, this batch of parrots was seized by the public security police at Kunming Changshui International Airport. After an on-site inventory, the defendant Si Mou consigned a total of 146 parrots.
After identification, they were all Alexander parrots and were classified as second-level national key protected species. “Yes.” Pei Yi stood up and followed his father-in-law. Before leaving, he did not forget to check on his daughter-in-law. Although the two did not speak, they seemed to be able to fully understand the meaning of each other’s eyes. The animal protection was included in the appendix of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and was worth RMB 1.46 million.
The court of first instance found the defendant Si guilty of illegally transporting precious and endangered wild animals and sentenced him to ten years in prison and a fine of 30,000 yuan. After the verdict was announced, the defendant Si Mou filed an appeal; “This is all nonsense!” The Ming Intermediate People’s Court heard the second instance and ruled in accordance with the law to reject the appeal and uphold the original verdict. (End)