Beijing Escorts: China cracks down on ‘prostitute parades’
China cracks down on ‘prostitute parades’
(AFP) – 3 hours ago
BEIJING — China has ordered police to show more respect for the rights of criminal suspects following controversy over cases in which prostitutes were paraded in public, state media reported Tuesday.
The order was contained in a circular issued nationwide by the Ministry of Public Security and was prompted by the recent vice cases, the China Daily reported.
Although illegal in China, prostitution is widespread and police have periodically used tough means such as parading prostitutes in public as a deterrent.
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Earlier this month, local media in the city of Dongguan in southern China’s Guangdong province published pictures of two suspected prostitutes and two patrons who had been detained by police.
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In another case this month, police in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei province, posted a public notice about a vice raid, including personal information about prostitutes and their clients, reports said.
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