On May 16, the murder of a pet dog in a villa area in Langfang caused heated discussions. According to Mr. Yang's latest disclosure, the police have confirmed that the neighbor is the poisoner, and the poison of fluoroacetic acid was found in his clothing that is consistent with that of the two border collies. The police report confirmed the cause of death caused by the poison. In response to media inquiries on June 26, the Western District Police Station did not provide further information about the case. "
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A few days ago, a pet dog was maliciously poisoned in a small area of Guangyang Economic Development Zone, Langfang City. Mr. Yang just moved into his new home on the 15th, but when he went out that day, his two border collies were suspected of being poisoned by the wall of the next-door neighbor. Surveillance video revealed that the poisoning occurred at around 2 p.m. that day, when a man quickly approached the courtyard wall and left quickly, followed by poisonous food thrown into the courtyard.
Based on the surveillance footage, Mr. Yang speculated that the opposite neighbor had done it. The police acted swiftly after receiving the report and took the neighbour for testing the next day. About three weeks later, the test results were available, confirming that the tragedy was caused by fluoroacetic acid poisoning. Mr. Yang stressed that the family had encountered this misfortune the day after the move, and the pet dog in the family was a loyal companion for three and a half years, and a new life of only three months old, and because he had just moved in, there was no past conflict between the neighbors, and there was no suspicion that the dog was barking and disturbing the people.
According to the "Notice of Appraisal Opinion" presented to the media by Mr. Yang, the value of the two victim dogs was assessed at 2,750 yuan, and their heart blood and vomit tests confirmed that they contained fluoroacetic acid, which was consistent with the poison found in the pocket of the neighbor Du's clothes, and directly identified the source of the poison, further clarifying the fact that the two dogs died due to ingestion of fluoroacetic acid highly toxic substance.
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"Fluoroacetic acid is a highly dangerous poison, and the fact that such a substance is released into a private home not only causes me to lose two of my beloved pet friends, but also may endanger the health of my family. Mr. Yeung had doubts about the legal consequences that his neighbour might have violated, and he wondered whether the latter's deliberate release of such dangerous substances constituted the offence of distributing dangerous substances.
Although the police initially regarded his neighbor's actions as vandalism, Mr. Yang did not agree with this characterization. He also disagreed with the dog's valuation ($2,750), believing that it did not reflect the true value of the two border collies. To this end, Mr. Yeung has taken action to send the dog's remains to an independent appraisal agency and is actively moving forward with a re-evaluation process to obtain a more impartial identification result.
In response to the progress of the case, the reporter tried to contact the West District Police Station of the Economic Development Branch of the Langfang Municipal Public Security Bureau on June 26, but unfortunately, the staff who answered the phone did not provide specific information about the case, and only said that it was inconvenient to discuss the matter publicly.
Analysis of legal experts' opinions:
As to whether the offence of distributing dangerous substances is constituted, the key is whether the act poses a threat to public safety. The 2001 Amendment III to the Criminal Law and subsequent judicial interpretations adjusted the "crime of poisoning" to the "crime of distributing dangerous substances", emphasizing the protection of public safety. Fu Jian, director of Henan Zejin Law Firm, pointed out that two key conditions must be met for the crime to be established: the actual occurrence of the act of releasing dangerous substances and the actual harm to public safety. If the act is limited to a specific target, such as the neighbor's pet dog in this case, and does not affect or potentially threaten the safety of other residents, it is difficult to constitute this offence. However, as a highly toxic chemical, the properties of fluoroacetic acid meet the definition criteria of "hazardous substance", and the degree of harm needs to be comprehensively considered.
Lu Fengyang, a lawyer at AllBright Law Offices in Shanghai, added that although the use of fluoroacetic acid as rat poison does fall within the category of poisonous substances, the application of the crime of releasing dangerous substances still needs to consider the specific circumstances of the act. If the act of poisoning is strictly limited to a specific target and does not intend or actually affect the safety of an unspecified number of people, even if a dangerous substance such as fluoroacetic acid is used, it is difficult to meet the constitutive elements of the crime of "endangering public safety by dangerous means". Therefore, to determine whether a crime is constituted, it is necessary to conduct a detailed analysis based on the choice of the perpetrator's release location and the scope of potential impact.