Strike at all links in chains that profit from selling of personal info

AFTER THE SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT and Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued a judicial interpretation on Tuesday on punishments for those guilty of stealing and selling people's personal information, the Ministry of Public Security also vowed to crack down on the illegal chains that have formed for the trading of personal information. An editorial on thepaper.cn comments:

By vowing to target the illegal chain, the Ministry of Public Security has announced it will strike at the root of the problem.

As early as 2009, theft of citizens' personal information was listed as an offense in the Criminal Law, but the stealing and selling of personal information has remained rampant.