Is threatening text messages a crime?

According to Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment, anyone who commits one of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined up to five hundred yuan:

(1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means.

(2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others.

(3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment.

(4) Threatening, insulting, beating or taking revenge on witnesses and their close relatives.

(5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others.

(six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.

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Circumstances to achieve criminal punishment:

Article 293 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance if it commits one of the following acts:

(a) beating others at will, and the circumstances are bad.

(2) Chasing, intercepting, abusing or intimidating others, and the circumstances are vile.

(three) extortion or arbitrary damage, occupation of public or private property, if the circumstances are serious.

(4) Causing serious disorder in public places.

After receiving threatening text messages or phone calls, whether it involves yourself or your family, don't panic first, and be sure to call the police at the first time; At the same time, we should always pay attention to protecting personal and family information. Schools have the responsibility to properly keep students' family information, and should improve the storage mechanism of students' family information, strictly control leakage, and effectively protect students' safety.

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