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Military communication lines are related to national security, and military optical cables are an important part of the national communication network. Damaging military facilities will be severely punished by law. The Beijing Fangshan District Procuratorate recently announced a case of sabotaging military communications. The defendant, Xu, was a professional line patrolman who actually cut off a cable printed with“Defense Communication Cable”Military optical cables with words "No" on them are ready to be sold for money. Their lack of legal awareness is jaw-dropping.

2023Year9moon12On the 15th, a soldier of a certain army called the police, saying that a maintenance worker of a certain company deliberately cut the military optical cable in use, causing the army's communication to be interrupted. After receiving the call, the police immediately went to the scene and saw a line maintenance worker sitting next to the military optical cable well, with a cut coil printed on it next to him.“Defense Communication Cable”The military optical cable with the words“People waiting to receive optical cables and sell them for money”The public security organ immediately arrested Xu.

Xu is a professional line patroller.2022Since working in a company.“23·7”After extremely heavy rainfall, some lines were destroyed by floods. Relevant units temporarily set up new lines. To prevent large passing vehicles from cutting the lines, Xu's company arranged for Xu to patrol and check whether the lines were unobstructed. If they received feedback that the lines were blocked, they would cooperate with the emergency repair personnel to repair the broken points in the lines.

There is a military optical cable well in the section of road that Xu is responsible for. There is a warning post next to the well, marked with“Optical cables of a certain army unit. Damaging optical cables will be severely punished.”There is a warning sign tied to the optical cable in the well, which has“Military optical cables are protected by law”The military optical cable well is under the care of special maintenance personnel of the army, and Xu's company has no right to open the well cover.

2023Year9moon12On the day, while patrolling the lines, Xu, in order to gain profit, arbitrarily opened the cover of the military optical cable well and used the metal pliers he carried with him to cut the national defense optical cable in use in the well, causing the military optical cable to be abnormally blocked and military communications to be interrupted.

After trial, the defendant Xu destroyed military communication facilities, causing the interruption of military communications. His behavior constituted the crime of destroying military communications and he was sentenced to one year and six months in prison.

Prosecutor: Protecting military communications is everyone's responsibility

Weapons and equipment, military facilities, and military communications equipment are important national defense assets, an important component of the combat effectiveness of the troops, and an important part of national defense construction. The state prohibits any organization or individual from destroying or endangering weapons and equipment, military facilities, and military communications.

National defense optical cables are important military communication facilities that carry information between troops and are related to national security. In wartime, they are also important carriers of military and intelligence information communications.

In this case, Xu, as a professional line patroller, was responsible for maintaining the lines, but for his own selfish interests, he cut the military optical cable in use, causing the signal of the troops to be interrupted. His behavior not only caused property losses to the troops, but also posed a threat to national defense security. The prosecutor hereby reminds: protecting military communications is everyone's responsibility, and do not make big mistakes for the sake of petty gains.

Source: Beijing Daily Client

Reporter: Zhang Yu

Process Editor: U022