Prosecutors target data thieves

Four to face trial for trading personal details; telecoms staff leaks blamed

Four suspects accused of buying and selling the personal details of more than 2 million people will face trial this month at Haidian district court.

According to indictments filed with the court, Guo is alleged to have traded the data of more than 700,000 people on the Internet between May and August last year, while fellow defendant Liu, 27, is said to have acquired 852,942 pieces of personal information from November 2009 to August 2010.