Elsewhere, farmers in Fujian province who were contracted to destroy diseased pigs have been detained for allegedly selling the carcasses collected from farms and roadsides to restaurants in neighbouring provinces since last August, Global Times reports.

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Former BP drilling engineer Kurt Mix was arrested last April on charges of obstructing justice related to information that he had collected, and allegedly deleted, during his role of trying to stop oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 BP oil spill.

FORBES: Former BP Engineer Kurt Mix Still Deleting 'Stuff,' Government Alleges

The pirated programmes were then allegedly transferred to customers via Gmail, and Mr Li and a second suspect collected payment through money transfer services.

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