BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) -- China's anti-pornography and illegal-publications office handled over 140,000 tip-offs from the public in the first half of 2020, 11 percent higher than the same period of last year.
Among the cases, about 128,000 were involved with obscene and pornographic content, with 5,502 tip-offs on illegal publications, 4,819 on copyright infringement, and 1,274 on fake media and fake journalists, according to the National Office Against Pornography and Illegal Publications.
The tip-offs were received via the Internet, phone calls and letters, according to the office.
The office vowed to step up the handling of tip-offs from the public, saying it will keep offering rewards for helpful clues.
A total of 1.03 million yuan (about 147,000 U.S. dollars) of rewards were given out in the first half of this year, said the office. Enditem
