Are online fugitives serious?

Legal analysis: if a person is arrested after being identified as an online fugitive, the sentence will be aggravated if he is a recidivist, and the sentence will be reduced if he surrenders or has rendered meritorious service. When deciding the punishment for criminals, they should be sentenced according to the facts, nature and circumstances of the crime and the degree of harm to society.

Legal basis: Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 65 An ordinary recidivist who has been sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment or above refers to a recidivist who commits a crime that should be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment or above within five years after the punishment has been executed or pardoned, except for negligent crimes and crimes committed by people under the age of 18. The time limit prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be counted from the date of expiration of parole for criminals who are paroled.

Article 66 If the crime of endangering national security, the crime of terrorist activities and the crime of organized underworld, especially the recidivist, commits the above-mentioned crimes at any time after the execution of the punishment or the pardon, he shall be punished as a recidivist.

Article 67 A person who voluntarily surrenders himself after committing a crime and truthfully confesses his crime is a voluntary surrender. Criminals who surrender themselves may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment. Among them, if the crime is minor, the punishment may be exempted. If a criminal suspect, defendant or criminal serving a sentence who has taken compulsory measures truthfully confesses other crimes that have not been mastered by the judicial organs, he shall be deemed to have surrendered himself.

Although the criminal suspect does not have the circumstances of surrender as stipulated in the preceding two paragraphs, he can be given a lighter punishment if he truthfully confesses his crime; By truthfully confessing one's crimes, particularly serious consequences are avoided and the punishment can be mitigated.

Article 68 Criminals who have made meritorious deeds by exposing other people's criminal acts and verifying them, or providing important clues to solve other cases, may be given a lighter or mitigated punishment; Those who have made significant meritorious service may be mitigated or exempted from punishment.