Chinese police have seized half a million pirated DVDs in one
month in an effort to curb piracy, said the Ministry of Public
Security on Tuesday.
From July 17 to 26, police in Tianjin Municipality discovered and destroyed
six underground factories which produced pirated audio-video
products and pirated computer software and seized 164,000 pirated
DVDs, according to the ministry.
On July 15, police inspected an audio-video product wholesale
market in Tianjin and arrested DVD seller Wang Yongming, seizing
more than 8,300 pirated pornographic DVDs.
On July 27, police in Henan Province discovered and destroyed a
pirated DVD warehouse, confiscating 350,000 pirated DVDs and more
than 7,000 pornographic DVDs, the ministry said.
In the last month, police in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region arrested two
suspects for producing and selling pirated English learning tapes
for primary and middle schools and seized more than 30,000 pirated
tapes from them.
(Xinhua News Agency August 16, 2006)
