'Private eyes' see jail time for sleuthing

Four private detectives from Liaoning province have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven to eight months in Chaoyang district court for running an illegal operation.

They were also ordered to pay fines totaling 300,000 yuan on Thursday.

Zhang Jun, the judge of the court's No 1 criminal tribunal, told METRO the four - Li Tao , Han Zhi, Sun Guanghai and Wang Yong - were all one-time farmers in their 30s who had received a middle school education.