Can such SMS threats and insults be reported to the police?

If you often receive abusive or threatening text messages, you can call the police. If you get the support of the public security organs through the alarm and obtain the necessary evidence, you will certainly win the case after civil or criminal private prosecution.

If the circumstances of insulting or threatening SMS are serious, it constitutes the crime of insulting. Because the crime of insult belongs to a criminal case of private prosecution, the victim informs the people's court, but if it is really difficult to provide evidence, the people's court may request the public security organ to provide assistance.

Article 38 of the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates: "The personal dignity of the people of China and the citizens of China shall be inviolable. It is forbidden to insult, slander, falsely accuse or frame citizens in any way.

The crime of insult refers to the act of publicly degrading personality and damaging the reputation of others by violence or other means, and the circumstances are serious.

The following are the legal provisions of the crime of insult and slander.

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 245 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, 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.