Prosecutors say telecom, cyberfraud increasing

Prosecutors nationwide indicted 22,268 people on charges related to internet and other telecom crimes in the first nine months of this year, up by 118.6 percent year-on-year.

Judicial authorities filed 8,257 cases, an increase of 88.6 percent, according to a statement from the Supreme People's Procuratorate's Investigation Department on Sunday that called for more prompt efforts to deal with cyber-and telecom fraud, and for tackling the problem at its root.

The statement urged prosecutors nationwide to better understand the harm of such violations and called for a heavy-hitting approach. It said fighting such crimes requires timely and sufficient work in collecting evidence.