Beijing Adult Entertainment: Beijing to end shaming criminals in public
Beijing to end shaming criminals in public
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Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) – The Ministry of Public Security has decided that police will no longer humiliate offenders by exposing them to public scorn, the Global Times reported. The decision to stop the public parading of criminal suspects came amid an intense public outcry that followed the publication online of photos showing barefoot, scantily clad handcuffed women, arrested, allegedly, for being sex workers in Dongguan, southern Guangdong Province
A similar incident had occurred in Chenjiawan, Hongshan District, Wuhan City. Here, local police posted the names and ages of alleged sex workers on walls.
When asked about their action, police said that the goal was not to humiliate the suspects, but to warn the general public of the consequences of such activity.
In view of the changes, local public security departments must now “improve their approaches to law and regulation enforcement” and “correct rude methods,” a Ministry notice said. Therefore, police forces are required to “behave reasonably and in a civilised manner, and fully r …
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