A Chinese court has ordered an online video game company to return hard-won virtual property, to a player whose game account was looted by a hacker.
Li Hongchen, 24, had spent two years, and 10,000 yuan ($1,210) on pay-as-you-go cards to play, amassing weapons and victories in the popular online computer game Hongyue, or Red Moon, before his “weapons” were stolen in February, the Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Li asked the company, Beijing Arctic Ice Technology Development Co Ltd, to identify the player who stole his virtual property, but it declined, saying it could not give out a player’s private details, it said.
Police also gave Li no satisfaction, so he took his case to court, demanding 10,000 yuan in compensation, Xinhua said.
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Source: Reuters
