How should the law punish SMS threats?

You have the right to file a civil lawsuit to ask the perpetrator to apologize and stop obstructing. However, if the content shows that the perpetrator is in real danger to you, I suggest you call the police and request to investigate and deal with the perpetrator according to the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment. This is more direct and effective. You should first find out the purpose of sending threatening text messages, and then choose whether to call the police or bring a lawsuit to the court. The so-called crime of intimidation and threat is not stipulated in the current laws of our country. Only intimidation can be dealt with according to Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment (Decree No.38 of the President). Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment stipulates that anyone who commits one of the following acts shall be detained for less than five days or fined less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 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 retaliating against 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.