{"id":154,"date":"2020-05-05T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srv1301618.hstgr.cloud\/?p=154"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:02:33","slug":"chinese-courts-treat-pangolin-offenders-lightly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srv1301618.hstgr.cloud\/chinese-courts-treat-pangolin-offenders-lightly\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese courts treat pangolin offenders lightly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A data investigation by #WildEye Asia exposes lenient punishments for pangolin offences in China. Such sentences are unlikely to deter illegal trade. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1z1iMXlTzX0ooIXVUKZslH9AVUnl4m1BzdW-X3D0alAQ\/edit#gid=0\">Data collated by #WildEye Asia<\/a>&nbsp;shows that, of the 34 criminals convicted of pangolin-related crimes since late 2019, close to half were given suspended sentences of less than a year. This meant they did not serve a prison term, though in all cases they received a fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxpeckers.org\/2020\/05\/chinese-court-cases\/\">Read the full report<\/a> by our colleague Bao Choy on the site of the Oxpeckers Center for Investigative Environmental Journalism. This investigation was sponsored by Internews\u2019 Earth Journalism Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A data investigation by #WildEye Asia exposes lenient punishments for pangolin offences in China. Such sentences are unlikely to deter illegal trade. Data collated by #WildEye Asia&nbsp;shows that, of the 34 criminals convicted of pangolin-related crimes since late 2019, close to half were given suspended sentences of less than a year. 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