The reporter learned from the Zhongshan Municipal Public Security Bureau that recently, someone in the local Fusha Town bought the national second-class protected wild plant "Golden Bean" on the Internet, and the suspect has been taken criminal coercive measures in accordance with the law.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Fusha Branch of the Zhongshan Municipal Public Security Bureau, the bureau found that some people in the jurisdiction were suspected of buying national protected plants in its work, and a suspect was seized. The suspect Liang Mouhua found someone selling "golden beans" on the Internet, and felt that the name was good and the meaning was good, so he bought a batch of "golden beans". After identification, more than 10 plants seized at the scene were all national second-class protected wild plants "Golden Bean". At present, Liang Mouhua has been taken criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law.
According to the person in charge, the golden bean is an evergreen thorny shrub of the family Rutaceae. Considerable leaves, considerable fruits, the fruit is vermilion, the fruiting period is long, it is a precious ornamental fruit variety, and it is favored. On September 7, 2021, golden bean was included in the "List of National Key Protected Wild Plants". According to Article 344 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, anyone who violates state regulations by illegally felling or destroying precious trees or other plants under national key protection, or illegally purchasing, transporting, processing, or processing precious trees or other plants under national key protection and their products, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, short-term detention or controlled release, and shall also be fined;where the circumstances are serious, a sentence of between three and seven years imprisonment and a concurrent fine is to be given.
Text, picture Guangzhou** New Flower City Reporter: Jiang Yongtao Correspondent: Chen Jin Guangzhou** New Flower City Editor: Yang Hongquan.