China cracks down on pornography
October 21st, 2011 - 11:03 am ICT by IANSBeijing, Oct 21 (IANS) Police in China have launched a crackdown in different parts of the country as part of their anti-pornography drive, arresting 69 people and seizing thousands of video discs.
In the latest action against pornography and illegal publications, Chinese police have investigated five major cases of production and distribution of pornographic publications in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangdong, Xinjiang and Shanghai, Xinhua news agency reported.
According to a statement issued Thursday by the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications, Beijing’s police Sep 27 busted a ring for producing and selling pornography, arresting 54 suspects and confiscating more than 35,000 pornographic books and around 100,000 other illegal books.
On Sep 28, police in Yuzhong District of southwest Chongqing Municipality busted a pornographic discs wholesale ring, arresting 12 suspects and confiscating more than 62,000 discs.
On Aug 22, police in Huizhou City of southern Guangdong province discovered a secret site for distributing pornographic and pirated discs and confiscated some 100,000 discs.
Police in Urumqi, capital of western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in a raid on a storehouse confiscated over 23,000 discs containing illegal content, including 19,100 pornographic discs.
On Sep 20, police in Putuo District of eastern Shanghai Municipality arrested three people for distributing pornographic discs and confiscated more than 20,000 discs.
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