Hello: Someone sent insulting messages and his reputation was damaged. Can he sue for compensation?

Sending insulting information will be prosecuted. If the case constitutes a crime, the people's court will impose fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights. If the victim tells the people's court, but it is really difficult to provide evidence, the people's court may request the public security organ to provide assistance. Article 246 Legal basis of Criminal Law Article 246 Criminal Law Article 246 Whoever publicly insults others or fabricates facts to slander others by violence or other means, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights. The crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be dealt with only if they are told, except those that seriously endanger social order and national interests. If the victim informs the people's court of the acts specified in the first paragraph through the information network, but it is really difficult to provide evidence, the people's court may request the public security organ to provide assistance.

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Article 246 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Crime of insulting and slandering. Whoever publicly insults others by violence or other means or fabricates facts to slander others. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights. The crimes mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be dealt with only if they are told, except those that seriously endanger social order and national interests. If the victim informs the people's court of the acts specified in the first paragraph through the information network, but it is really difficult to provide evidence, the people's court may request the public security organ to provide assistance.