If a member or futures practitioner is under any of the following circumstances, China Futures Association may give him a heavier disciplinary punishment as appropriate: (1) He has been given administrative punishment by the regulatory authorities or taken administrative supervision measures for similar violations in the last 12 months; (2) For the same kind of violations, self-regulatory measures have been taken by self-regulatory organizations in recent 12 months; (3) Refusing to cooperate, obstruct or destroy the investigation; (4) Harassing, abusing, intimidating, retaliating, or framing case investigation and handling personnel, complainants, informants, witnesses and other relevant personnel; (five) refusing to rectify or perfunctory rectification, false rectification; (6) Providing false materials, intentionally destroying or falsifying evidence; (seven) other circumstances identified by the association.