Case Concerning Online Sexual Child Molestation, Rape, Extortion, and Production, Sale, and Dissemination of Pornographic Materials for Profit of Sui XX
(SPP Guiding Case No. 200)
Key words
Protection of minors online; Remote sexual molestation; Rape; Blocking dissemination; Comprehensive online protection
Summary
Crimes involving sexual assault against minors shall be severely punished in accordance with the law. Where an offender engages in online sexual molestation and subsequently coerces a minor victim into sexual intercourse by threatening to disseminate private photos or videos, such conduct constitutes two distinct criminal acts, which shall be recognized respectively as the crime of sexual molestation of children and the crime of rape. In handling these cases, if private photos or videos of minor victims are found circulating on the internet, the people's procuratorates shall promptly coordinate with the relevant authorities to remove the materials and block further dissemination. The people's procuratorates must proactively exercise their legal supervision functions and actively promote coordinated efforts among all relevant parties to strengthen the protection of minors online.
Relevant provisions
Articles 236, 237, 274, and 363 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 6 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Handling of Criminal Cases about Producing, Reproducing, Publishing, Selling, and Disseminating Pornographic Electronic Information via the Internet, Mobile Communication Terminals, and Sound Message Stations
Article 1 of the Interpretation II of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate of Several Issues on the Specific Application of Law in the Handling of Criminal Cases about Producing, Reproducing, Publishing, Selling, and Disseminating Pornographic Electronic Information via the Internet, Mobile Communications Terminals, and Sound Message Stations
