The Ministry of Culture and Information has seized more than 500,000 information items in violation of regulations over the last three months including CDs, cassette tapes, videos, copying sets of Radio and Television, and sets for receiving satellite encrypted channels. In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information for Internal Information Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Hazza' pointed out that a large part of the seized items have been in violation of regulations of copyright through illegal copying, piracy or illegal viewing of encrypted channels in addition to the seizure of some materials breaching religious teachings, morality and social customs.
