A 73-year-old man in Shanghai was fined 6.5438+0.4 million yuan for pruning his own camphor tree. What is the reason for his punishment?

The punishment reason given by the relevant departments is that this gentleman's tree pruning behavior is recognized as logging. Although this gentleman planted his own tree, he is located in a public area, so it is no problem to prune it at ordinary times, and it is illegal to prune it too much. In the related appraisal, camphor tree is worth 28,840 yuan. Considering the sincerity of the old gentleman, the relevant departments only gave the lowest punishment, which is five times the fine.

After this incident, many netizens questioned it, not only the old people pruning trees, but also the response of relevant departments. The old gentleman clearly called to ask, but the relevant departments ignored it. Now he is looking for a professional master to trim, and he also compares the trees trimmed by the property in the community, which is illegal. Judging from the news on the internet, the relevant departments insist on punishment, and I am afraid it will be difficult to change in the future.

1. What happened in Shanghai, there was an old gentleman who liked flowers and plants. He once planted a camphor tree. Because of the long time, the leaves of camphor tree have affected life, so he considered pruning. Before pruning, the old people specially called the greening department to ask about the procedures or processes, and the response was that they didn't care about these things and didn't have so much manpower.

Helpless, the elderly can only find community professionals, refer to the degree of pruning trees in the property, prune camphor trees and keep the whole trunk. Results The relevant departments learned that the old man did not go through the examination and approval procedures, which was a logging act and was fined144,200 yuan.

2, related issues In the whole thing, the key is not the ownership of trees. After all, this is a legal issue, which has long been defined. The real problem is that the old man called in advance to inquire about the procedures, and the result was rejected by the greening department. Now it is punished on the grounds that there is no approval. The source of this responsibility should not be the old gentleman, but the greening department that was rejected at that time.

There is another problem here, that is, the old gentleman invited professionals to trim it. Under the observation of CCTV reporters, it was found that the trees built in the community were similar. From this point of view, is it within the scope of normal pruning, not pruning.

3, the punishment may not change. This news appeared a long time ago, but now it has been dug up by netizens and reported by CCTV news. From the perspective of CCTV, such punishment is not supported. Relevant landscape experts also do not support the punishment decision, and think that law enforcement should consider whether it will affect the lives of the elderly.

It's a pity that this matter has been hotly searched, and there is still no turning point. Older people are unlikely to want to be exempted or mitigated. Although the old gentleman did violate the law, the non-response of the greening department and the relevant law enforcement methods should also be adjusted.