Stamp out the online trade in illegal seals

ON SEVERAL DOMESTIC e-commerce platforms, there are online shops that will make stamps for anybody willing to pay a few dozen yuan, even if the customer is without the necessary authorization materials. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

According to the law, those who wish to make a chop for their organization must have certain certificates because a seal is used to give documents legal status. However, a search for seal makers on taobao.com will return as many as 35,323 service providers, many of whom do not require any supporting certification materials from customers. In other words, quite a number of unauthorized stamps are made in online shops every year.

It is time to crack down on these lawbreakers. According to the Criminal Law, those falsifying chops face imprisonment.