Beijing Adult Entertainment: China tries to stop the public shaming of suspects
Beijing - The Chinese government is calling for an end to the public shaming of criminal suspects, a time-honored, but increasingly hated, practice of Chinese law enforcement. China’s state-run media reports that the Ministry of Public Security has ordered the police to stop parading suspects in public and is instead calling on local police departments to enforce laws in a “rational, calm and civilized manner.”
The New York Times reports that the new regulations are believed to stem from the public’s negative response to a string of “shame parades”. The latest incident which happened just last month was in the southern city of Dongguan, where a group of young Chinese girls accused of being prostitutes, were shackled, barefoot and paraded in front of the public. The police, when asked about the incident, said this was not punishment for the women, just a way for them to seek help in their pursuit of an investigation.
Last October, police in Henan Province went on the Internet and posted photographs of wo …
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