The Number

834 SUSPECTS

Police in Guangdong province have detained this number of people involved in 794 suspected cases of producing and selling counterfeit food and medicine in the first half of the year."The figures have seen a year-on-year increase of 187 percent and 140 percent, respectively," said He Guangping, deputy director-general of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Public Security. "This indicates that fighting counterfeit items is still a long-term and tough task for police in Guangdong in the coming months."