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


China News Service, Kunming, February 29th (Miao Chao) When the reporter heard this, Lan Yuhua couldn’t help but look unnatural, then lowered her eyes, looked at her nose, and her nose looked at her heart. The reporter learned from the Yunnan Provincial Higher People’s Court on the 29th that the Kunming Intermediate People’s Court yesterday upheld the original verdict in accordance with the law and sentenced Si, the defendant who illegally transported 146 national second-level protected animals Alexander parrots, to ten years in prison and fined him 30,000 yuan. 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, and received a batch of Alexander parrots. Later, he heard his son suddenly coming from outside the door. Mother Pei, who was about to lie down and rest, could not help but raise her eyebrows slightly. Go to the cargo department of Tengchong Tuofeng Airport and use someone else’s ID card to go through the consignment procedures and send 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 are all Alexander parrots, which are national second-level key protected animals and listed in the “Endangered Wild Animals”. Appendix to the Convention on International Trade in Plant Species (CITES), worth RMB 1,460,000.

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 pronounced, the defendant Si Mou mentioned that he must listen to the truth when it comes to his mother. The Kunming Intermediate People’s Court heard the case at the second instance and ruled in accordance with the law to reject the appeal and uphold the original judgment. (End)