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Announcement on Urging Criminal Syndicate-Related Fugitives to Surrender Themselves Issued
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Chinese
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Category：Legislative Updates
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Subject：Legal system ; Criminal law ; Criminal action
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Keywords：criminal syndicate-related; fugitives; surrender themselves
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Source：Pkulaw
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Publish Date：11-07-2019
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On November 4, 2019, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Justice jointly issued the Announcement on Urging Criminal Syndicate-Related Fugitives to Surrender Themselves, effective from the date of issuance.
According to the Announcement, it is an act of voluntary surrender for fugitives to surrender themselves and truthfully confess to their crimes from the date of issuance of this Announcement to January 31, 2020. Therefore, they may be given a lighter or mitigated penalty in accordance with the law; and those committing a relatively minor crime may be exempted from punishment in accordance with the law.
The Announcement provides for five circumstances where fugitives may be deemed to have voluntarily surrendered themselves: (1) They request another person to surrender them on their behalf with a failure to surrender themselves within the prescribed time limit due to objective reasons; (2) They voluntarily surrender themselves in the process of being wanted or pursued for capture after their escape; (3) It is verified to be true upon investigation that they have prepared to surrender themselves, or are on the way to surrender themselves when being arrested by the police; (4) They surrender themselves with their relatives or friends as company upon persuasion; and (5)The relatives or friends voluntarily turn fugitives in and then send them to the police.
Meanwhile, the Announcement also states the handling of criminal acts such as covering up or harboring fugitives and threatening or retaliating against informers or accusers.
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