Important reminder! If the construction unit sees a national defense optical cable marker near the construction site (as shown in the above picture), it is not allowed to excavate it privately within a range of three meters.
Recently, Shiyan City announced a case of being sentenced for careless excavation of national defense optical cables during construction, which sounded an alarm for engineering personnel! On October 20, 2022, the People’s Court of Yunxi County sentenced Wu and Xiao to one year and six months in prison, with a two-year probation, for the crime of negligent damage to military communication.
Although it requires a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, national defense and security are more important than anything else
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If it needs to excavate, it is necessary to contact the relevant management department in advance to handle it on site.
Article 369 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China: Whoever sabotages weapons, equipment, military facilities, or military communication shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance; Those who destroy important weapons, equipment, military facilities, or military communication shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years; If the circumstances are particularly serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, life imprisonment, or death penalty.
He inadvertently cut off the national defense optical cable for the first level transmission from Xi’an to Wuhan, causing a 155 minute interruption in the communication between Xi’an and Wuhan defense optical cables.
Whoever negligently commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph and causes serious consequences shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; Those who cause particularly serious consequences shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
For the military, which requires high confidentiality and effectiveness, laying optical cables has become the best choice.
In peacetime, they are mainly used for exchanging information between various forces.
According to statistics from China Telecom Shiyan Branch, the loss caused by the excavation of optical cables is RMB 1.618 million, including communication interruption loss of 984000 yuan; 78000 yuan for emergency repair of the line; The cost of line relocation is 556000 yuan.
National defense optical cables, also known as military optical cables, are only used by the military to transmit information and communication.
Their actions have violated the provisions of Article 369 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China and constitute the crime of loss or damage to military communication.
In wartime, they are an important way to transmit military information.
Considering that the two defendants voluntarily surrendered after committing crimes and truthfully confessed their crimes, it was considered voluntary surrender; Actively assisted in repairing the optical cable, compensated for some of the losses, obtained the understanding of the victim unit, dealt with leniently in accordance with the law, and was sentenced to one year and six months in prison with a two-year probation.
At around 6 pm on April 10, 2022, Wu commanded Xiao to operate a excavator to excavate a sedimentation tank at a construction site in Juechengguan Village, Shangjin Town, Yunxi County.
After accepting the case, the People’s Court of Yunxi County held that Wu and Xiao, knowing that there were national defense optical cables buried in their construction area, negligently cut them off, causing particularly serious consequences.
