Man illegally transported 146 Alexander parrots and sentenced to ten years in prison


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 using someone else’s body made her angry and silent. The parrot went through the consignment 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 count, a total of 146 parrots were consigned by the defendant Si Mou.

After identification, they are all Alexander parrots, which are national second-level key protected animals. They are listed in the appendix of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and are worth RMB 1,460,000.

Based on this, the court of first instance found the defendant Si guilty of illegally transporting precious and endangered wild animals. I can’t live anymore. “Sentenced to ten years in prison and fined 30,000 yuan. After the verdict, the defendant Si filed an appeal; the Kunming 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)