On August 5, some netizens posted a video saying that in a small area in Langfang, Hebei Province, a woman actually released multiple boxes of cockroaches in the green belt. The video shows dozens of bugs crawling everywhere on stone benches in the green belt.
According to @People's Concern, on the 6th, according to the staff of the street office of the community involved, the incident occurred at 7 o'clock on the 5th, and the property carried out comprehensive sanitization work around the surrounding area after the incident. The police have intervened in the investigation and are still making every effort to find the woman involved.
Netizen: How good it is to be released in your own home
Strange release behavior must be held legally responsible
In recent years, the "release tide" has continued, and strange release behaviors have been exposed on the Internet many times before, and the behavior that seems to pray for blessings and wishes seems to be deformed, and it is on the verge of polluting the environment and violating laws and regulations.
In this regard, Kui Zhuoran, a member of the lawyer expert database of the "Rule of Law Daily" and a senior partner of Beijing Huixiang Law Firm, said that the blind release of invasive alien species may violate the management measures for invasive alien species, the Biosecurity Law, and the management measures for the proliferation and release of aquatic organisms, etc., and if the circumstances are serious, they will also face criminal punishment.
Kui Zhuoran pointed out that if the relevant "release" behavior causes environmental pollution and ecological damage, resulting in damage to others, it should bear tort liability, including direct damage compensation (compensation) fees, ecological resource loss fees, service function loss fees, and expert assessment fees. Article 344-1 of the Criminal Law stipulates the crime of illegally introducing, releasing or discarding invasive alien species: "Whoever violates state regulations by illegally introducing, releasing or discarding invasive alien species, and the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or short-term detention and/or a fine." ”
Source: New Yellow River client