Guangdong police net 55 for online crime

GUANGZHOU: Guangdong police claimed a major victory last month in their campaign to clamp down on Internet crime.

During the month-long drive to flush out illegal activities in this southern Chinese province that borders Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, police said they eliminated more than 8,000 links to pornographic material.

Xia Xiaojie, a police officer with the Guangdong provincial bureau of public security, said 55 suspects involved in 43 cases had been detained. More than 1 million yuan ($130,000) in cash had also been confiscated.