Consumer Staples Dec 24, 2020 12:40 PM (GMT+8) · EqualOcean
The "guiding opinions on punishing the crime of illegal wildlife trading according to law", jointly formulated by the supreme law, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of public security and the Ministry of justice, was released on the 24th, proposing to crack down on the crime of illegally buying wild animals for food or other purposes, and resolutely abolish the bad habit of eating wild animals. According to the opinions, those who know or should know that the precious or endangered wild animals and their products under special state protection are illegally purchased for food or other purposes and meet the provisions of the first paragraph of article 341 of the criminal law shall be convicted and punished for the crime of illegally purchasing the precious or endangered wild animals and their products.