(June 19, 2014) Customs will seek help from mainland authorities to track down the ringleader of a syndicate selling illegal television boxes which receive local pay-TV broadcasts, including live World Cup matches.
The hunt for the mainland man began after customs officers arrested nine people and seized 41 boxes in a series of raids on Tuesday.
Customs kicked off its investigation of the syndicate after receiving a complaint from local station Now TV in April.
The five men and four women, who have been released on bail, are suspected to be members of the syndicate.
“The boxes could receive more than 300 pay-TV and movie channels in Hong Kong and from overseas,” the head of the department’s intellectual property investigation bureau, Lee Hon-wah, said.
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