China Adds Seven New Crimes, Annuls Three

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China Adds Seven New Crimes, Annuls Three

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China's Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate announced Thursday that seven new crimes have been added and three annulled for the judicial departments of the country in implementing the Criminal Law.

The new crimes cover smuggling of trash; employment of child labors for hard and risky jobs; illegal logging and damaging of state-protected plants; purchasing, shipping and selling of state-protected plants and related products; purchasing and shipping of timber logged illegally; neglect of duties in implementing court verdicts and rulings; and abuse of power in implementing court verdicts and rulings.

The annulled crimes are smuggling of solid trash, illegal logging and damaging of precious trees, and illegal purchasing of timber logged in violation of the law.

Ma Dong, an official with the Supreme People's Court, said the move was meant for unifying the standards for courts and procuratorates at all levels in determining crimes.

The legal interpretation went into effect as of Thursday.

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