A woman surnamed Wang was sentenced to one and half years in prison and fined 40,000 yuan ($6,100) after she was convicted of continuing to sell pirated videos while on probation for the same offense.

The 46-year-old from Jiangsu province began the illegal business in early 2009 with her husband, surnamed Liu. After their stall was raided by police, Liu was jailed and Wang received a sentence of one-year's probation.

The woman then started another stall selling clothes, but business was poor. After a phone call from her husband's former DVD supplier, she restarted the illicit trade, police said.

Her stall was again raided by Shanghai police after just a few weeks and more than 36,000 illegal DVDs were found.

(Source: China Daily)