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Lai Liangping v. Shanghang Public Security Bureau, et. al. (2019) Min 0803 Administrative First Instance No. 36

 Source: https://wenshu.court.gov.cn/website/wenshu/181107ANFZ0BXSK4/index.html?docId=51f3b1bf5def4384a322ab6f00fedd4e People's Court of Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province Administrative Decision (2019) Min 0803 Administrative First Instance No. 36 Plaintiff Lai Liangping, male, born June 20, 1977, Han ethnicity, residing in Shanghang County, Fujian Province. Defendant (original administrative agency) Shanghang County Public Security Bureau, located at Middle Section, North Second Ring Road, Lincheng Town, Shanghang County, unified social credit code 11350823004113475E. The legal representative was Xu Weiqing, director. Person in charge of court appearances of administrative agencies was Tang Chunkang, deputy director. Attorney Fu Wenhui, male, born April 9, 1974, Han ethnicity, Shanghang County Public Security Bureau, Instructor in the Legal Brigade, residing in Shanghang County, Fujian Province. Attorney Zhang Zhengmeng, male, born November 12, 1981, Han ethnicity,

Man Claims He Intended to Insult Republican, Not Communist, Party; Still Gets 5 Days In Jail

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 First, a summary of the facts of the case: September 23, 2019: Zhang Zhixiang posted the following statement to a Wechat group: "文明社会,暴政的共匪不会长期存." The English translation of this would be along the lines of "In a civilized society, tyrannical [WORD IN DISPUTE] will not survive for long." More about the "WORD IN DISPUTE" later. September 24, 2019: the Public Security Bureau of Dongzhi launched an investigation and summoned Zhang to the Nixi Police Station for questioning on suspicion that his post had constituted a disturbance of the peace (涉嫌寻衅滋事). November 22, 2019:  the Public Security Bureau of Dongzhi issued an administrative penalty notification to Zhang Zhixiang, informing him of the matters which would be subject to punishment, and asking him whether he wished to submit a statement and defense. Zhang stated he would not make a statement in his defense. November 23, 2019: the Public Security Bureau of Dongzhi issued an administrative penalty decisio