Is texting threatening illegal?

Threatening harassment is an illegal act, which needs to be judged according to the seriousness of the plot. If the circumstances are minor, they will only be punished by the Public Security Administration Punishment Law. Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for less than 5 days or fined for less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for more than 5 days and less than 500 yuan, and may also be fined as follows by 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 and falsely accusing others in an attempt 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, threatening or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others; (six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.

Legal objectivity:

Article 293 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever beats others at will, chases, intercepts, insults or intimidates others, if the circumstances are vile and disturb social order, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance. Article 42 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment stipulates that anyone who commits one of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more 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 and falsely accusing others in an attempt to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment; (4) Threatening, insulting, beating or taking revenge on witnesses and their close relatives.