2015-03-09 15:54

 

NPC: pyramid retail personnel development more than one line should be convicted

 

Direct reporting network March 9th news [] (Yangzi Evening News) existing regulations on the organization, leadership pyramid selling crime sentencing of partial light, can aggravate the punishment setting threshold is too high, it is difficult to play against, be amended. Japan the MLM called "infinite chain", formulated the "infinite chain prevention law" is very strict, the organizer, general participants and induce entrants shall be punished.

The reporter interviewed the investigation lasted half pyramid selling crime, in the last year, Xinhua Daily published October 15th "" chain management "behind the amazing secrets", with 21 Yangzi Evening News again with "pyramid" make only superficial changes constantly, "why" playing "? "Published the two edition of the special survey, these reports caused a National People's Congress, Nanjing city Pukou District Xiaguang kindergarten Jiang Yuxia attention, she devoted yesterday to make recommendations to the general assembly:" amendment to the criminal law in the standard of conviction, lower the threshold of offences."

A status

Nanjing 4 years, MLM numbers increased by tens of times

Jiang Yuxia tell Yangzi Evening News reporter, self country in 2005 promulgated "the prohibition of marketing regulations" to implement the crackdown on pyramid schemes, pyramid selling spread in more than 30 provinces, city, autonomous region, there is a "serious situation hit more". "Private research organizations in China have a statistics, last year to participate in pyramid schemes, the territory has about 20000000 staff Chinese."

"Around Nanjing in 2010 only pyramid retail personnel thousands, tens of thousands of people many unexpectedly in 2014, 4 years increased by tens of times." She said, Nanjing is one of the MLM serious city, but is not the most serious city. Nanjing, Pukou, Qixia two district from 2011 to 2014 September were carried out 170 times concentrated action, destroyed 2000 dens of multiple, but marketing warning in 2010 alone more than 360, 2013 reached more than 5700, 2014 1-9 month has more than 5000.

Jiang Yuxia said, in the past 10 years, around the trade and Industry Department of the public security, spend huge human and material resources to combat pyramid schemes, but the results are poor, its biggest "success" is to put a MLM arrived B, prompting the MLM spreading. As of now in the pyramid selling organization in many provinces and municipalities rampant "voluntary chain operation", originated in Guangxi 9 years ago, hit after a large number of personnel to the Changsha, Hefei etc, and then fled to Jiangsu Nanjing and Zhejiang Huzhou, Jiaxing etc.. "With the Nanjing Pukou, Qixia District Industrial and Commercial Department of the public security, to strengthen the fight against pyramid sales personnel, have been transferred to the Liuhe, Jiangning and other places."

B recommendations

"The development of more than one line will be convicted"

To this end, Jiang Yuxia submitted a proposed -- "proposed to amend the criminal law on the crime of pyramid selling strengthening sanctions in terms of NPC and CPPCC on this year". She suggested that the "amendment to the criminal law in the standard of conviction, lower the threshold of offences".

She told Yangzi Evening News reporter said, now the majority of pyramid selling has serial economic fraud, so as long as irrefutable evidence, also be convicted on the development of a more referrals MLM personnel, and according to the number of the development of the line and the amount charged, the formulation of the 2 - 7 years of sentencing standards, fundamentally curb mlm.

In addition, the existing regulations on the organization, leadership pyramid selling crime sentencing of partial light, can aggravate the punishment setting threshold is too high, it is difficult to play against, be amended.

Jiang Yuxia proposal, the implementation of the regulations to the society before the widely publicized, set about 3 month moratorium on joining, short time, the development of offline fewer and stop, in this period from the MLM personnel from accountability, to reduce the burden of justice. "No development of general staff referrals to participate in pyramid schemes should be included in the scope of public security punishment, offline participants to order detention and fines, will play a deterrent effect."

C current law

Marketing development up to 30 people to be convicted

"Pyramid selling in the territory of mainland China rampant, is rooted in our existing law on MLM ineffective sanctions. The criminal conviction of pyramid selling high threshold, it is difficult for the vast majority of pyramid retail personnel punishment, made many MLM personnel secure to rely on." Jiang Yuxia learned that, in the specific case of multi-level marketing, to gain access to the development of up to 30 people convicted of evidence is extremely difficult, so that it is difficult to development of 30 people the organizational leadership pyramid selling leader. "Now the MLM organizations have dozens of people gathered more than the original training, a pair of one in the house of assembly training, no more than 6 people, developed to 30 people when they break apart; and from the early to the real media evolved into a 'pure capital operation mainly, it is difficult to find the' real, accounts and other material."

She said, over the past 3 years, Nanjing Qixia branch of the police to carry out 60 times of the special action, only registered 11 cases, arrested 9 people, there is no 1 persons sentenced. In 2013, more than 10 dry Jinghua two months before an MLM gangs, because only get development off the assembly line 29 evidence, procuratorate think not finalized, the police had to put all the people. "Over the past 3 years, Nanjing, Qixia, Pukou two district release repatriation pyramid retail personnel existing million or more, was released the pyramid retail personnel most quickly came back to engage in pyramid schemes, or change a place to return to one's former career. All spent a lot of manpower and material resources of the fight against pyramid schemes is actually driven type percussion, resulting in MLM spread spread."

D experience

Convicted of other countries and regions of low threshold

"Like Canada, South Korea, Japan and Hongkong of our country is more severe punishment for pyramid selling, not set too high threshold for conviction, and not let it disaster caused by flooding water." Jiang Yuxia tell Yangzi Evening News reporter, MLM originated in America, American were also the first to strike at present has the pyramid schemes, rules and regulations formulated in more than 30 countries and regions to fight.

Previously, Jiang Yuxia consulting a lot of papers and information, she said, like Canada and other countries of the pyramid schemes called "Pyramid selling", their "fair competition law" explicitly proposed to prohibit the sale of Pyramid, offenders in prison and 5 years below 25000 Canadian dollars fine. South Korea has banned in "direct method": engaged in money management, or under the guise of business products and services in money management, and the provisions of offenders sentenced to 5 years of fixed-term imprisonment or a fine of 100000000 won the following.

Japan the MLM called "infinite chain", formulated the "infinite chain prevention law" is very strict, the organizer, general participants and induce entrants shall be punished. Which states: the establishment or operation infinite chain were sentenced to three years imprisonment or a fine of 3000000 yen or both; to induce added infinite chain as the occupation person sentenced to 3 years imprisonment or a fine of 3000000 yen; fine induce added infinite chain 200000 yuan a. "China's Hongkong called MLM as' laminated plan ', or the provisions in the law, any person who knowingly and promoting a pyramid selling scheme, is liable to a fine of HK $1000000 and to imprisonment for 7 years." *

(original title: People's Congress: pyramid retail personnel development more than one line should be convicted)

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