Judge the return!

On the morning of the 19th, the Fujian Provincial Higher People's Court ruled in accordance with the law and maintained the judgment of the first instance of the Sanming Intermediate People's Court on the Dutch Oscar.

Previously reported

On the afternoon of December 4, 2020, the Intermediate People's Court of Sanming City, Fujian Province to the plaintiff, Yangchun Villager Committee of Wushan Township, Datian County, Fujian Province, and Dongpu Villager Committee of Wushan Township, Omuta Prefecture, sued the defendant Oscar Van Overeem ), Design Consultation B.V. The defendant Oscar Van Ovrem was in the case of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue of the Buddha statue.

The case was officially filed on December 11, 2015, and successfully sent the respondent to the defendant of the Netherlands through international judicial assistance procedures. The case was tried twice on July 26, 2018 and October 12, 2018, and the facts of the case were found.

The trial of the Sanming Intermediate People's Court held that the "Zhang Gong ancestor" was sitting in the place of birth and long -term preservation of the Buddha statue of the Buddha. Only by returning to its birth and long -term preservation can the Buddha statue can truly have the vitality of the daily life of many believers. The "Zhang Gongz ancestor" sat in the Buddha statue as the collective cultural relics of the collective. In terms of Fa, the villagers of Yangchun Village and Dongpu Village were protected by law for the collective ownership of the "Zhang Gongzu" to sit in the Buddha statue. As a token of the ancestor's belief, in terms of affection, the "Zhang Gongz ancestor" should be returned to the villagers of the believers. As a cultural property of human remains, in terms of, "Zhang Gong's ancestor" sitting in a Buddha statue also returns to his original cultural atmosphere and his home environment. After the "Zhang Gong ancestor" was stolen by the Buddha statue of the Buddha, and the illegal export of the Chinese government was illegally exported abroad, the Yangchun Village Committee and the Dongpu Village Committee had the right to collectively exercise ownership, cross -border pursuit, and required illegal possessor to return Moisturizing precious cultural relics. Based on this, the Sanming Intermediate People's Court made the above judgment in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

In the 37 -page and more than 20,000 -word judgment, the Sanming Intermediate People's Court made a identification one by one to the focus of the parties and their entrusted litigation agents in this case, demonstrating the judicial capabilities and level of the Chinese court. The verdict made by the Sanming Intermediate People's Court opened a new path for the recovery of the loss of cultural relics through civil judicial channels in my country, which is a benchmark, breakthrough, and pioneering referee.

Source: Fujian High Court, CCTV News Client

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