China arrests 1,065 in Internet crackdown: state media

March 31 2012 17:22:18

China arrests 1,065 in Internet crackdown: state media

BEIJING - Agence France-Presse

A paramilitary police man monitors with binoculars above Tiananmen Square in Beijing. AP photo

Beijing police have arrested 1,065 suspects and deleted more than 208,000 "harmful" online messages during a crackdown on Internet-related crime since mid-February, a state news agency said Saturday.

The operators of more than 3,117 websites have received warnings after police targeted the smuggling of firearms, drugs and toxic chemicals, and the sale of human organs and personal information, Xinhua news agency said.

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