Is text message threat a crime?

Legal analysis: According to the Public Security and Public Security Management Punishment Law, if someone sends a text message to threaten someone, it is an illegal act, and law enforcement agencies can impose administrative penalties in accordance with the law. If the circumstances are serious, it may violate the criminal law and constitute a criminal offence.

Legal basis: "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 42 Whoever commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not more than 5 days or fined not more than 500 yuan; if the circumstances are more serious, , be detained for not less than 5 days but not more than 10 days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan: (1) Those who write threatening letters or use other methods to threaten the personal safety of others; (2) Those who openly insult others or fabricate facts to slander others; (3) Fabricating facts and making false accusations to frame others in an attempt to subject others to criminal prosecution or public security penalties; (4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives; (5) Repeatedly sending obscene, insulting, intimidating messages or other information that interferes with the normal life of others; (6) Peeping, filming, eavesdropping, or spreading other people's privacy.

Article 293 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" Whoever randomly beats others, chases, intercepts, insults, threatens others, disrupts social order with serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to a fixed term of not more than five years Imprisonment, criminal detention or surveillance.