Immediately after receiving information about the case, the People’s Committee of Hai Phong city drastically instructed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, and relevant agencies and localities to step in. , inspect, review and mobilize owners to hand over bears to the State; strictly deal with the law if the bear owner intentionally violates it. Therefore, on April 28, the bear was transferred by the owner to a Bear Conservation Facility in Ninh Binh. Hai Phong is one of many localities across the country that are making efforts to completely end bear farming in the city. Previously, from the beginning of 2021, the City People’s Committee issued a general instruction document to relevant departments, agencies, agencies, and units, requesting the agencies to increase the mobilization of households to keep. bears in the locality voluntarily transferred bears to the State. Ms. Nguyen Phuong Dung, Deputy Director of Nature Education Center, said: “The Center for Nature Education welcomes the high determination and efforts of the city government of Hai Phong to completely end captivity. bear bile. The fast and decisive handling of the Hai Phong city government for bear-related violations will help the city soon end the situation of keeping bears in the area ”. By the end of March 2021, there were about 370 bears left in the confines of illegal bile. Hanoi city alone is currently the hottest spot for illegally confining bears with 161 bears (as of April 28). According to the Center for Nature Education, currently both bear species of Vietnam, the horse bear (Ursus thibetanus) and the bear dog (Helarctos malayanus) are listed in the List of endangered, precious and rare species prioritized for protection. issued together with Decree 160/2013 / ND-CP (amended by Decree 64/2019 / ND-CP) as well as listed in Group IB, endangered, precious and rare forest animals. List issued together with Decree 06/2019 / ND-CP. Bears of illegal origin (from before 2005) are only allowed to be kept in captivity if “there is a management record and electronic chips attached”. The act of “raising bears without management records and attaching electronic chips” is a prohibited act in accordance with the law. According to Article 244 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented 2017), people who illegally raise, lock or transport horses (depending on the quantity) can be criminally prosecuted with penalty up to 15 years in prison. “The Center for Nature Education calls on the authorities of the provinces and cities to follow the example of Hai Phong city and drastically instructs the City Forest Protection Department and the district authorities to resolutely fight related violations. to come to bears in order to soon completely end the keeping of bears for bile in the provinces and cities. The registration and attachment of chips for illegal bears to confine bile not only violates the current regulations of the Government, but also makes the situation of keeping bears in Hanoi city even worse. complicated and cannot be completely terminated like many other provinces and cities across the country ”, emphasized Ms. Dung. “The transfer of bears in Hai Phong is an encouraging highlight, marking a step forward in the effort to end bear captive farming in Vietnam. Bear bile farming is not only cruel and hurting to bears. but also affects the image of Vietnam, “said Ms. Maya Pastakia, Campaign Director of the World Animal Protection Organization.

A live Chinese toad seized by the police.Photo courtesy of the police

China News Service, Changchun, April 23 (Sun Boyan and Zhang Nan Cuijian) The reporter learned on the 23rd that the Huangnihe Forest Public Security Bureau of Jilin Province has recently successfully cracked a series of illegal hunting cases, arrested 5 criminal suspects, and confiscated 1,321 live Chinese toads. .

According to the police, on the 16th of this month, the forest police of the Huangnihe Forest Public Security Bureau of Jilin Province learned through investigation clues that a large number of toads were hunted in Emu Town of Dunhua City and prepared to sell them at an aquatic product market in Dunhua City.

Upon learning of the situation, the police immediately launched investigations. At about 9 o’clock that day, the police intercepted a van carrying 4 woven bags of toads on National Highway 302 and seized 1,321 live toads on the spot. Upon on-site questioning, the owner of the car, Qin, could not explain the legal source of the toad. Immediately, the police summoned Qin to the case handling area of ​​Huangnihe Forest Public Security Bureau for investigation according to law.

After investigation, Qin instructed Miao, Xie, Huang, and Wang residents of the forest farms of the Huangnihe Forestry Bureau to illegally hunt toads on April 12 and April 15, and paid 6 to 7 yuan Wait for the price of the acquisition. On April 16th, Qin drove to transport the illegally hunted toads to Dunhua City for sale, but was intercepted by the police during the transportation.

Through a lot of work by the police, Miao, Xie, Huang, and Wang came to the case one after another, and the four confessed to illegal hunting.

Appraisal by the Wildlife Inspection Center of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, the toads confiscated in this case belong to the Amphibians Anura Bufoidae Chinese toads, which belong to the national “Three Haves” protected animals. The illegal hunting of more than 100 animals constitutes a very serious case.

At present, Qin, Miao, Xie, Huang, and Wang have been taken compulsory measures by the Huangnihe Forest Public Security Bureau according to law, and the case is under further investigation. (Finish)

Organizational group bringing 14 foreigners illegally into Vietnam.

On the afternoon of April 15, the Court of the People’s Court of Da Nang City sentenced a total of 36 years and six months in prison to the group of organizers who illegally imported 14 Chinese people into Vietnam.

On April 15, Da Nang City People’s Court opened a trial to hear the defendants including: Xiao Hai Hong (born 1995, Chinese nationality), Nguyen Thi Yen (born in 1995, residing in Phuoc My ward, Son Tra district, Da Nang City), Le Thi Toan (born 1983, residing in Man Thai ward, Son Tra district, Da Nang city) for “illegally organizing others to stay in Vietnam”; Chen Jia Wen (born 1999, Chinese nationality), Wei Jian (born 1984, Chinese nationality), Xiao Wen Pei (born 1994, Chinese nationality), Xiao Bing Bing (born in 1989, nationality) Chinese citizenship) for “Organizing others to enter Vietnam illegally”.

According to the indictment of the People’s Procuracy: on the basis of the confirmed investigation results, on August 14, 2020 at house number 88 Ha Ky Ngo (Man Thai Ward, Son Tra District, Da Nang City, City Police) Da Nang conducted a stay check and found that there were 14 Chinese staying without visas in the house.On August 15, 2020, at house number 20 Nguyen Duc An (Phuoc My ward, Son Tra district, Da Nang city) Da Nang City police conducted a stay inspection and found that there were two Chinese staying in the house without a visa.

Through investigation, around mid-May 2020, through Wechat, a friend of Xiao Hai Hong, A Lei (whose background is unknown), invited Xiao Hai Hong to come to Vietnam to organize a group of Chinese people to enter Vietnam. Men who illegally work to entice others in China to gamble on the Internet take their money, with a salary of 8,000 yuan / month.

On May 26, 2020, Xiao Hai Hong contacted Nguyen Thi Yen via Wechat to inquire about renting a house in Da Nang. Yen accepted and contacted Le Thi Toan to rent a house. On the afternoon of May 27, 2020, Xiao Hai Hong illegally entered Vietnam and went to Da Nang to meet a Chinese man named A Bao (whose identity is unknown) who gave Xiao Hai Hong 100 million VND and said money. of A Lei sent to Xiao Hai Hong to cover the costs. After that, Xiao Hai Hong was arranged by Yen and Toan in a temporary house at house number 61 Tran Duc Thong (Phuoc My ward, Son Tra district, Da Nang city).

On June 15, 2020, Yen and Toan took Xiao Hai Hong to see the house at 20 Nguyen Duc An. Xiao Hai Hong agreed to rent a house at 20 Nguyen Duc An and moved in the same day. After that, Yen came together to live with Xiao Hai Hong.

From June 25, 2020 to July 18, 2020, Xiao Hai Hong and Nguyen Thi Yen respectively organized four groups with a total of 14 Chinese people entering Vietnam illegally. In which, Chen Jia Wen, Wei Jian, Xiao Wen Pei, Xiao Bing Bing received the task of assisting Xiao Hai Hong in organizing the illegal entry of other Chinese people into Vietnam. In addition to the above acts of organizing for other people to enter and stay in Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Yen and Le Thi Toan also organized for two Chinese people, Wang Qing Lin and Su Jin Shu to stay in Vietnam. It is illegal to run a website to buy and sell yuan shares on the Internet.

To arrange accommodation for 14 Chinese people after entering Vietnam illegally, Nguyen Thi Yen contacted Le Thi Toan. Although knowing that these 14 Chinese people were illegally entered, for self-interest, Le Thi Toan arranged accommodation for these 14 Chinese to stay at house numbers 20 Nguyen Duc An and 88 Ha Ky Ngo.

In the rental of the house, Yen obtained an illegal profit of 10 million VND, the defendant Toan illegally gained 51 million VND. Yen received an illegal profit of 1.7 million dong in the purchase and sale of mobile phone SIM cards. Nguyen Thi Yen together with Le Thi Toan also organized Wang Qing Lin and Su Jin Shu to stay at 37 Tran Duc Thong house then moved to 20 Nguyen Duc An house. Nguyen Thi Yen has an illegal profit of 9 million VND, Le Thi Toan has an illegal profit of 110 million VND.

The trial panel of Da Nang City People’s Court sentenced defendants Xiao Hai Hong to 10 years in prison for “illegally organizing others to stay in Vietnam”; Nguyen Thi Yen 10 years and 6 months in prison and a fine of 20 million VND for “Organizing others to stay illegally in Vietnam” and “Organizing others to enter Vietnam illegally”; Le Thi Toan 7 years in prison and a fine of VND 20 million for “illegally organizing others to stay in Vietnam”. Sentencing of Chen Jia Wen to 2 years in prison; Wei Jian 2 years and 6 months in prison; Xiao Wen Pei 2 years and 6 months in prison; Xiao Bing Bing for 1 year and 6 months on charges of “Organizing others to enter Vietnam illegally”. The Chinese defendants will be deported from Vietnam after serving their sentences.