日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

   

CHINA / National

Pipeline oil thieves face death penalty
By Zhu Zhe (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-04-01 06:19

China will hand out severe punishment, including the death penalty, to those who steal fuel from oil pipelines in the future.

An 8-month crackdown, which started this week, aims to reduce rampant theft and to prevent it from spreading following the recent rise in fuel prices, officials from the Ministry of Public Security told a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.

Although pipeline fuel theft has generally been on the decrease since 2002, stealing oil is still a big problem in certain areas.

This threatens public security and results in huge economic losses, said Ma Weiya, deputy director of the ministry's social security management department.

People stealing oil were normally imprisoned for theft, Ma said. But if their activities undermine pipeline safety and threaten public order, they will be given more severe punishment, even the death penalty.

Official figures show that 2,877 people were arrested last year for stealing oil or gas from pipelines. The police recovered about 1 billion yuan (US$123 million) worth of stolen fuel for oil companies.

China's oil and gas pipeline network is 30,000 kilometres long, and is expanding, Ma said.

He added that more cases of theft might have occurred, but gone unnoticed, in China's vast countryside. "But so far we haven't found any foreign-related cases."

He said the ministry believes fuel theft might increase again in the next few years as more pipelines are to be built and because of the steady rise in fuel prices.

"Most of the thieves are rural people who earn very little. They steal the fuel and sell it," he said.

"The police will show these gangs no leniency, even though some are under the protection of local governments, which use the stolen fuel to boost local economies," Ma said.

Dangerous to steal

The most common way of stealing, according to the ministry, is by drilling a hole in a section of pipeline and putting on a tap.

Ma said it is extremely dangerous as a single spark could easily trigger an explosion if there was a fuel leak.

In December 2003, an illegal tap installed on the Lanchengyu Pipeline, then the country's longest oil pipeline, blew off and caused a leak of more than 440 cubic metres of gasoline.

Oil supplies were cut off for about 15 hours and the nearby railway line was held up for six hours. The spilled gasoline seriously polluted local rivers and thousands of people had to be evacuated.

Two thieves responsible for the accident were executed for "destroying facilities that are easily combustible."

But Ma said punishment given to most pipeline thieves was less severe.

"Those who drill pipelines are usually charged with theft and receive prison sentences of less than 10 years," he said.

"But we're now suggesting they should be charged with destroying facilities that are easily combustible."

He added that China's Supreme People's Court is drafting related regulations that would add the death penalty to the list of punishments.

About 23 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities where fuel thefts are comparatively serious are involved in the ongoing crackdown.

(China Daily 04/01/2006 page2)

 
 

主站蜘蛛池模板: 2017av伦理片| 天天躁日日躁很很躁2022 | 日韩不卡在线视频 | 国产福利不卡视频在免费播放 | 九九热色 | 亚洲欧美一区二区三区在线 | 一级毛片在线免费观看 | 精品国产成a人在线观看 | 91福利国产在线观看网站 | 国产毛片不卡 | 妖精视频国产 | 免费能直接在线观看黄的视频 | 欧美日韩亚洲综合另类ac | 人人人人干 | 色无极在线观看 | 国产精品久久 | 一本大道久久a久久精二百 日韩三级中文 | 国产精品一区二区三区免费 | 欧美一区二区三区播放 | 国产亚洲精品久久无亚洲 | 精产国产伦理一二三区 | 久久综合九色综合欧洲 | 操人视频 | 一区二区自拍 | 亚洲综人网 | 久久av网| 亚洲性69影院在线观看 | 精品AV综合一区二区三区 | 久久久无码精品成人A片小说 | 1024污视频| 国产综合99 | 日韩欧美一二三区 | 国产综合一区二区 | 一区二区国产在线观看 | 亚洲国产婷婷香蕉久久久久久99 | 亚洲日本香蕉 | 免费看搡女人无遮挡的视频 | 91xxx在线观看 | 天天夜夜久久 | 国产精品美女久久久久久 | 不卡中文字幕在线 |