Central China police under fire for rough arrest of prostitute
Central China police under fire for rough arrest of prostitute
08:43, November 06, 2009 
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The police of Zhenzhou City, capital of central China's Henan Province, have come under fire as a video clip and pictures of the rough arrest of a prostitute spread rapidly online.
In the video, a bald man in robe grabbed a naked woman, who was on her knees with a nude man by the side, by the hair and asked loudly, "How many times tonight?"
The woman's face was full of agony while the police in disguise interrogated with her being naked in front of the camera.
The post that revealed the scene on Monday soon got copied by China's main portal websites, including sohu.com, tencent.com and netease.com, and has drawn extensive attention.
More than 90 percent of the comments by the Internet users considered the rough arrest inhumane and an infringement of human rights.
In just one of the posts in Tianya.com, thousands of Internet users left their comments.
"By what right did the police get to be so rude? It is common sense that he should let her put on some clothes first," wrote the author of the post which attached with seven pictures and a 2-minute video clip of the police crack down on prostitute.
"The policeman is insulting the woman in the name of law enforcement. He brought disgrace to law," said an Internet user in southern Guangdong Province.
"The lady may be wrong. But what did she do to deserve such maltreatment?" questioned another Internet user in Chengdu, capital of western Sichuan Province.
"The pictures and video clip were not released by the police but a local reporter," said Su Yinhai, deputy director of the publicity department of Henan Province's Public Security Bureau.
"Even if it weren't the police who released the video clip and pictures, they are still to be blamed for the rude interrogation. Apparently there were no need for violence," said Lu Ping, a student from Zhengzhou University.
"The police's misconduct in the raid infringed the civil rights of the prostitute," said lawyer Guo Hongkui from Henan Wenfeng Law Firm.
"And the release of the pictures and video was definitely illegal," Guo said. "Whoever gave them out broke the law."
"The police have the right to take the pictures as evidence, but they are not allowed to release them to the public. And much as we welcome the media to supervise police operations, pictures that involve privacy must be handled carefully," Guo said.
It is in China's constitution that the human dignity and civil rights shall not to be violated, he said.
Source:Xinhua
In the video, a bald man in robe grabbed a naked woman, who was on her knees with a nude man by the side, by the hair and asked loudly, "How many times tonight?"
The woman's face was full of agony while the police in disguise interrogated with her being naked in front of the camera.
The post that revealed the scene on Monday soon got copied by China's main portal websites, including sohu.com, tencent.com and netease.com, and has drawn extensive attention.
More than 90 percent of the comments by the Internet users considered the rough arrest inhumane and an infringement of human rights.
In just one of the posts in Tianya.com, thousands of Internet users left their comments.
"By what right did the police get to be so rude? It is common sense that he should let her put on some clothes first," wrote the author of the post which attached with seven pictures and a 2-minute video clip of the police crack down on prostitute.
"The policeman is insulting the woman in the name of law enforcement. He brought disgrace to law," said an Internet user in southern Guangdong Province.
"The lady may be wrong. But what did she do to deserve such maltreatment?" questioned another Internet user in Chengdu, capital of western Sichuan Province.
"The pictures and video clip were not released by the police but a local reporter," said Su Yinhai, deputy director of the publicity department of Henan Province's Public Security Bureau.
"Even if it weren't the police who released the video clip and pictures, they are still to be blamed for the rude interrogation. Apparently there were no need for violence," said Lu Ping, a student from Zhengzhou University.
"The police's misconduct in the raid infringed the civil rights of the prostitute," said lawyer Guo Hongkui from Henan Wenfeng Law Firm.
"And the release of the pictures and video was definitely illegal," Guo said. "Whoever gave them out broke the law."
"The police have the right to take the pictures as evidence, but they are not allowed to release them to the public. And much as we welcome the media to supervise police operations, pictures that involve privacy must be handled carefully," Guo said.
It is in China's constitution that the human dignity and civil rights shall not to be violated, he said.
Source:Xinhua
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