[Exclusivo]Kaohsiung college student fined 3,600 yuan for riding a bicycle mask! Angry criticizes “government seizes money” ｜ Apple News Network ｜ Apple Daily

(Update: added report videos)

Riding a motorcycle and dropping the mask was fined 3,600 yuan! While cycling to school before Kaohsiung Women’s University’s first birthday, the new replacement mask in her jacket pocket accidentally fell off. The clean-up team from the environmental protection office at the rear reported that the waste was disposed of everywhere and was severely punished according to the pollution and damage. The explanation was that it was a new replacement mask, which came loose on its own and was not thrown away, but the Environmental Protection Agency did not accept it and the family criticized it: “Is the government stealing money?”

In a telephone interview with Apple News, the college student said the incident occurred in November last year. At the time, she was prone to allergies. In addition to wearing a mask, he also prepared a new mask in his coat pocket so that the coat flapped in the wind, and the mask accidentally flew out of his pocket. She didn’t know it at the time. He didn’t know the mask was missing when he got to school. It wasn’t until he received a report from the Environmental Protection Agency and saw the VCD that the mask flew down.

In the report video provided by the Environmental Protection Agency, it can be seen that when a college student was riding a motorcycle, her coat flapped in the wind and the mask in her pocket suddenly fell to the ground. throwing it to the ground, the mask did not fall off.

The college student said that after receiving the report, she immediately explained to the Environmental Protection Agency that she clarified that the mask in her pocket is a new replacement product, not a used mask, and cannot be counted as waste. It can be seen in the film that the mask was not discarded by his hand, but rather the wind fell from the pocket and accidentally flew away, but the Environmental Protection Agency did not accept the explanation. He also increased the fine to 3,600 yuan by multiplying the level of contamination by 1.5 times and the level of damage by 2 times.

The university student said that in the response of the Environmental Protection Agency Article 7 of the Administrative Sanctions Law is cited, which indicates that “whoever breaches the obligations of the Administrative Law without intention or negligence will not be sanctioned.” She did not purposely dismiss it but was negligent, but it also involved the city government’s announcement that “garbage will not fall to the ground”, saying that she is a “real perpetrator” and that she should be punished, and the punishment will be increased. , making her unable to understand.

He felt very bad about the EPA punishment. He even said, “Can you give the person who helped me pick up the mask 3,600? I just don’t want to give it to the prosecutor!” The report showed that the movie was filmed. by a cleaning crew. He also said: “It’s really unacceptable. It feels like taking advantage of danger and insisting on penalties.

Regarding this report, environmental protection director Zhang Ruihui candidly said after watching the film that there is indeed more discussion. There is still room for further discussion on the report’s fact-finding and the aggravated penalty standard citation. However, EPA inspectors also explained that due to the outbreak of the new corona epidemic, people who have worn masks are considered general waste and must be properly disposed of in the trash can before the fine is increased.

In addition, according to statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency, last year 27,000 fines were issued and a fine of 39.58 million yuan was issued for dirty environmental issues. Among them, 63% of the cases were reported and a total of 5.46 million. yuan. A single informant received up to 430,000 yuan. The monthly income is 36,000 yuan. However, the Environmental Protection Agency also candidly said that there is room to review the whistleblower bonus system and will discuss it with the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the reported case of college students falling off their masks. (Reported by Zhou Zhaoping / Kaohsiung)