The neighbor deliberately damaged the apricot tree many times, collected evidence, but failed to negotiate, called the police, and failed to mediate, so he sued in court and claimed compensation for infringement.

The legal basis is the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 26 Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days: A fine of not more than 500 yuan may be imposed; if the circumstances are serious, the offender shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and may also be fined not more than 1,000 yuan:

(1) Fighting in groups;

(2) Chasing or intercepting others;

(3) Forcibly taking or arbitrarily damaging or occupying public or private property;

(4) Other acts of provocation and provocation .

"The Tort Liability Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 2: Anyone who infringes upon civil rights and interests shall bear tort liability in accordance with this law.

The civil rights and interests referred to in this law include the right to life, health, name, reputation, honor, portrait, privacy, marital autonomy, guardianship, ownership, usufruct rights, and guarantees Personal and property rights such as property rights, copyrights, patent rights, trademark exclusive rights, discovery rights, equity rights, inheritance rights, etc.

Article 3: The infringed party has the right to request the infringer to bear infringement liability.

Article 4 If the infringer should bear administrative liability or criminal liability for the same act, this does not affect the liability for infringement according to law.

If the tort liability, administrative liability, and criminal liability should be borne for the same act, and the infringer's property is insufficient to pay, the tort liability shall be borne first.

Article 5: If other laws have special provisions on tort liability, those provisions shall prevail.