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Porn publishers may get up to life imprisonment in China
September 6, 2004
People found guilty of producing and distributing pornography in China through
the internet, mobile phones and other electronic means may get up to life
imprisonment under a new legal interpretation, which came into effect today,
the state media reported.
Those who are engaged in the profit-oriented production and dissemination of
pornographic materials through the internet, mobile communication terminals and
"phone-sex" services in China are subject to punishment as severe as life
imprisonment, the Supreme People's Court said.
The Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued
the interpretations on Sunday on the application of law in handling criminal
cases concerning the production, duplication, publication, sales and
dissemination of electronic pornographic materials through the Internet, mobile
communication terminals and phone-sex services.
If a pornographic website has been clicked for more than 250,000 times, the
case would be considered "very severe" and relevant people would be applicable
with sentences of life imprisonment, according to the interpretations.
Depending on the seriousness of the cases, the sentences range from living
under compulsory surveillance, detainment, taking into custody by the police,
to various terms of imprisonment and life imprisonment.
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