Wuhan halts exposing names of prostitutes
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A police announcement in Wuhan, which published the names and ages of prostitutes, has been removed from the street, the People's Daily reports.
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The undated photo shows a police announcement which posted the names and ages of prostitutes in an alley at Chenjiawan in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. [Photo: People's Daily] |
On July 7th, the police station at Wuhan's Hongshan Street in Hubei Province released detailed personal information of prostitutes and their clients, arousing debate among the public.
Most local citizens praised the real name exposure and believed the prostitutes should be responsible for their illegal actions.
A local citizen, who identified himself only as Jiang, said," We warmly welcome this kind of exposure! It will surely provide a deterrent to illegal activities. Of course the prostitutes should pay for it."
However, lawyer Liang Feng doesn't agree with the real name exposure.
"The real name exposure will make the prostitutes not only punished by the police, but also accused by the public. Nevertheless, according to the Law on Public Security Administration Punishments, the personal dignity of citizens should also be protected during the enforcement of administration punishment. Therefore, it is not proper to do so," Liang said.
Mr. Wei, director with the Hongshan public security bureau, told People's Daily they will make improvements on publishing such cases in the future.
"The real name exposure belongs to the police's personal conduct and its original intention is to crack down on prostitution. The announcements listed actual cases and there is nothing wrong with doing so. Certainly, we think it is not proper to expose the names of prostitutes and we have demanded the police not directly publish basic information such as names," Wei said.
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