"A Shanghai online game player who stabbed a competitor to death for selling his cyber-sword has been given a suspended death sentence, which in effect means life imprisonment, state media said on Wednesday. The case had created a dilemma in China where no law exists for the ownership of virtual weapons," reports Reuters.
"Qiu Chengwei, 41, stabbed competitor Zhu Caoyuan in the chest after he was told Zhu had sold his dragon sabre, used in the popular online game, Legend of Mir 3, the China Daily said.
Comment: Qui had gone to the police to report the theft but was told the weapon was not real property protected by law.
