Screenshot of the public trial of the "Lingshan Giant Buddha Ticket Group Purchase". Zhang Youping was accused of illegally buying cultural relics from Meng Laoda, the "No.1" in the northwest grave robbery. On the morning of June 5th, Zhang Youping, former member of CPPCC in Gansu Province and director of Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum, was put on trial. The prosecution alleged that Zhang Youping, the legal representative of Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum, knew about the case.

Screenshot of Zhang Youping's on-site trial in public

Zhang Youping, former member of Gansu CPPCC and director of Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum, was tried on the morning of June 5 for being accused of illegally buying cultural relics from Meng Laoda, the "number one" who robbed the tomb in the northwest.

The prosecution alleged that Zhang Youping, the legal representative of Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum, knew that the cultural relics involved were stolen goods and needed to be illegally acquired for collection, which constituted the crime of concealing and concealing the facts of the crime. However, because the purchase of cultural relics is not for illegal interests and has not caused cultural relics losses, it can be given a lighter or exempted punishment; Defense lawyers believe that Zhang Youping did not conceal or conceal the subjective motives of the robbery. The trading place is a legal antique and cultural relics trading market, and the cultural relics involved are used for public exhibitions. The defendant and the defendant unit do not constitute a crime.

The trial was held in Xianyang Intermediate People's Court, which started at 9: 31 am and lasted for 4 hours and 38 minutes. The court did not pronounce a verdict in court and announced the retrial on another day.

previously, a grave robbery occurred in Chunhua, Shaanxi province. The local police followed the line and finally dug up Meng Moujian, the northwest grave robber who is known as the "number one figure" in the northwest grave robbery world.

The propaganda pictures of official website in Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum

did not cause loss of cultural relics, and the prosecution suggested reducing or exempting the punishment.

On the morning of June 5th, Xianyang People's Procuratorate filed a public prosecution against Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum and the defendant Zhang Youping on suspicion of concealing and concealing the crime. The case was heard in Xianyang Intermediate People's Court.

The prosecution believes that the defendant Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum is a non-state-owned museum, and according to Article 51 of the Law on the Protection of Cultural Relics, it is not allowed to buy or sell its precious cultural relics; Defendant Zhang Youping, the legal person of Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum and the leader of the leading group of cultural relics collection, knowingly acquired the stolen goods obtained from other people's crimes for the needs of museum collection. His behavior violated the provisions of Article 312 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. "The facts of the crime are clear and the evidence is really sufficient", the director of Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum should be investigated for criminal responsibility for concealing the facts of the crime. Defendant Zhang Youping is the legal representative of Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum. According to the newspaper's previous report, in July 2116, Han Yunling, a national cultural relics protection unit in Chunhua, Shaanxi Province, was stolen. The local police dug up other grave robbers from one grave robber, and then expanded the line and dug up "Meng Laoda".

eldest brother Meng, whose real name is Meng, is the "number one" figure in the northwest grave robbery. After an in-depth investigation by the police, the people behind Meng Boss who bought cultural relics have been mastered by the local police, one of whom is Zhang Youping, curator of Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum.

According to Chunhua police, Zhang has several companies in Tianshui, An and other places, and Zhang and Meng were introduced by friends. Zhang claims to be a cultural relic lover. He built a private museum in Tianshui and exchanged cultural relics with Meng. Later, I learned that Meng was a grave robber and had influence in Shaanxi and Gansu, so I accepted Meng's goods.

On April 26th, 2118, Zhang Youping was criminally detained by Chunhua County Public Security Bureau for covering up and concealing his crimes. He was arrested by Chunhua County Public Security Bureau on May 25th, 2118, released on bail pending trial by Chunhua County Public Security Bureau on June 9th, 2118, and released on bail pending trial by Xianyang People's Procuratorate on October 3rd, 2118.

It is stated in the articles of association of Cheng Museum that its business scope is to rescue and collect cultural relics scattered overseas and among the people according to the relevant documents of the state and Gansu Province.

According to the public information of Gansu Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum is located in Nanguo Temple Scenic Area, Qinzhou District, Tianshui City. Established in October 2117, it is a non-state-owned museum. In October 2118 and February 2111, the museum was awarded the patriotic education base by Tianshui Municipal Committee and Gansu Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department respectively. Since August 2118, Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum has been open to the public free of charge. The exhibition hall covers an area of more than 3,111 square meters, and the Chen Zhan is divided into four units: painted pottery, bronze ware, jade, painting and calligraphy. More than 21,111 pieces of various collections.

"In view of the fact that the defendant unit purchased cultural relics for the needs of museum exhibitions, not for illegal interests, and the defendant Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum and the defendant Zhang Youping actively cooperated with the investigation organ to recover the cultural relics involved, which objectively did not cause cultural relics losses, the punishment should be mitigated or exempted. According to the first paragraph of Article 176 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, please be sentenced according to law. " The prosecutor said at the trial on June 5, 2116.

The defendant claimed that this was to avoid overseas logistics.

Zhang Youping defended himself during the trial against the charges in the indictment, saying that he did it for collection. "We also hate criminals who rob ancient tombs." The purpose of the collection is to prevent cultural relics from flowing overseas. "There is nothing wrong with collecting cultural relics in the open market."

Zhang Youping said in court that Wang Xingyi, the captain of Tianshui Public Security Bureau, introduced Meng Moujian in October 2115, and bought cultural relics from Meng Moujian for the first time in August 2115. It was the base of a pair of gold-plated chimes. Later, I bought more than 111 pieces of cultural relics in Mengmou Building, and the amount involved was about five or six million RMB. Later, he exhibited these cultural relics in Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum.

The defense lawyer of the defendant's unit, Tianshui Ji Cheng Museum, claimed that "knowing" and "subjective intent" in the indictment were not established, and the two parties traded the items involved at normal time. The defendant unit purchased cultural relics according to its business scope and followed the principle of "no source, no authenticity" in the transaction. Moreover, the cultural relics trading place "Xi 'an Datang Xishi Antique City" in this case is a legal antique cultural relics trading market with strict supervision institutions. Therefore, buyers have reason to believe that transactions under formal government supervision are legal and should not impose the regulatory obligations of law enforcement agencies or administrative dereliction of duty due to improper supervision on a buyer. "

" The cultural relics purchased by the defendant unit were later used for public exhibitions. Its publicity only shows that it is not considered as the proceeds of crime and there is no need to cover it up. It also confirms the fact that it does not know that it is the proceeds of crime. " The defendant's defense lawyer added, "any crime of harboring will not make the stolen goods public."

the defense lawyer of the defendant unit also believes that "in this case, the defendant unit acquired cultural relics by purchasing them and incorporated them into the cultural relics collection, which played a role in protecting the cultural relics for the country, and the cultural relics collection also belonged to the state, so it did not infringe the state's property rights on cultural relics."

Zhang Youping's defense lawyer also said during the trial that Zhang Youping "has no subjective motive to conceal or conceal the proceeds of crime" and that "the defendant unit has not only failed to profit from the transaction, but has been paying human and financial resources to protect cultural relics".

the defendant's defense lawyer also said that the defendant's behavior in this case is not harmful to society and should not be considered as a crime and should not be subject to criminal punishment.

in response to the defendant's defense opinions, the prosecutor said that most of the cultural relics involved in this case were used for sacrifices in ancient times. "They all came from the ancient tombs, and the cultural relics unearthed in the ancient tombs were nothing but legal. < P > In the end, the case was tried for more than four hours, and the prosecution and the defense had a heated debate. The court announced an adjournment and decided to retry the case on another day.