Kiss-and-tell call girl blogger outsed as a married man The Daily Telegraph 29.09.11

International Media, Media No Responses » Tagged with: Australian Media, China, international media

Oct 092011

Kiss-and-tell call girl blogger outsed as a married man

by: By correspondents in Shanghai
From: NewsCore
The Daily Telegraph
September 29, 2011

The fake blogger masqueraded as a hooker who took to the web to expose clients and reveal the secrets of the profession. Picture: The Daily Telegraph Source: The Daily Telegraph

Prostitute blogger is male magazine editor
Fined 500 yuan ($80) for disturbing the social order
Alarmed authorities traced man’s IP address

THE author of a sex blog that detailed the seedy antics of a Chinese prostitute and captivated hundreds of thousands of followers has been unmasked as a married man up to nothing more devious than plagiarising foreign literature.

The 31-year-old magazine editor masqueraded as a hooker named Ruo Xiao’an who took to the web to expose her clients and reveal the secrets of her raunchy profession, The Shanghai Daily said.

Hoodwinked fans dubbed Ruo “China’s most talented prostitute” and begged her to leave behind her life of vice and become a fully-fledged author.

But as well as drawing in 260,000 enthralled followers, the Diary of a Sex worker also attracted the attentions of Chinese authorities, alarmed by claims the blogging call girl had amassed 3000 clients.

Their investigations soon traced the site back to a home in China’s east coast city of Zhejiang, where Li was caught hunched over his computer, writing – or rather copying – his latest titillating entry.

Li had been translating sex scenes and romantic snippets from foreign books and passing the work off as his own, The Shanghai Daily said.

He was fined 500 yuan ($80) for disturbing the social order, the Chinese daily wrote.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/married-man-exposed-as-chinas-favorite-female-sex-blogger/story-fn7bsi21-1226151176156

Chinese artist sent to labor camp for public sex performance The Daily Telegraph 09.05.11

International Media, Media No Responses » Tagged with: China, international media, Legal, Media

May 112011

Chinese artist sent to labor camp for public sex performance

From: NewsCore _ Daily Telegraph
May 09, 2011 7:21PM

A CHINESE artist was sentenced to 12 months at a labor camp for having sex during a performance, the Shanghai Daily reported today.

Cheng Li, a 57-year-old performance artist, was arrested in March after having sex with his girlfriend in a work called “Art Prostitution,” which was part of a show at a Beijing gallery.

The Chinese police failed to appreciate the artistic value of the work, and punished Cheng to a year of hard labor on pornographic art charges.

Cheng’s lawyer planned to appeal against the verdict, the report said.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/chinese-artist-sent-to-labor-camp-for-public-sex-performance/story-e6freuyi-1226052802034

Dongguan Police Responds to Public Outcry about Prostitute Humiliation echinacities.com 23.07.10

International Media, Media No Responses » Tagged with: China, international media, Media

Nov 272010

Dongguan Police Responds to Public Outcry about Prostitute Humiliation

Jul 23, 2010
eChinacities.com

Police from Dongguan in Qingxi County publicized photos of prostitutes they recently arrested during one of their crackdowns on sleazy clubs in the city, stirring up quite a bit of unrest online, especially in forum discussions and in microblog updates. Just recently, a popular thread entitled “Shocking Tactics by Police in the Crackdown on Prostitution: Public Humiliation is Uncalled For” attracted quite a following and heated debate on different Chinese forums. The thread included pictures of two alleged prostitutes dressed in very fashionable clothing but barefooted, handcuffed, and led by ropes tied around their waist. The pictures raised questions about police brutality and elicited much public outcry in the Chinese blogosphere.

Dongguan Police subsequently responded to heated debates about the pictures that were said to have depicted ‘inhumane treatment’ of alleged prostitutes on their official microblog – explaining that Qingxi County police had arrested two prostitutes and their pimps during a crackdown effort as part of the campaign for a safer city to host the Asian Games later on this year. Police explained that the pictures weren’t about parading the prostitutes for public humiliation – it was standard protocol for investigation in having suspects brought back to the crime scenes for documentation purpose. They had taken videos and pictures and a reporter with a local news agency was also at the scene and had taken pictures as well. The said reporter had then selected three of the photos for a news article and had not reviewed the pictures with the police before publishing them – thus causing this misunderstanding with the general public. The police department stated that they warned the police precinct in Qingxi to learn from the mistakes and prevent from something like this ever happening again in the future.

Many netizens did not find the police explanation satisfactory and continued to press for officials to explain the reasoning behind why the pair of suspects had to be barefoot and led by ropes for ‘documentation purpose’. Some netizens left comments explaining that while they had been satisfied with the police department in general and are appreciative of their hard work, it is imperative that the department do more to curb the few officers that are viewed as ‘out of line’ in enforcing the law – as these few bad seeds can easily spoil the whole barrel and thus put a dent on the image of the police department as a whole.

Source: sohu.com

http://www.echinacities.com/china-media/dongguan-police-responds-to-public-outcry-about-prostitute.html

Hilton hotel closed by Chinese police over prostitution charges The Telegraph UK 21.06.10

International Media, Media 1 Response » Tagged with: China, international media, Media

Nov 272010

Hilton hotel closed by Chinese police over prostitution charges

Hilton has been severely embarrassed in China after one of its flagship hotels was closed down by the police over an alleged brothel operating in the basement.

National Football Centre at Burton given a boost by Hilton hotel deal

Sleeping partner: the Football Association has teamed up with Hilton hotel group

By Malcolm Moore, in Shanghai
21 Jun 2010

The Hilton hotel in the central Chinese city of Chongqing was closed down by the police, who said the premises would remain shut indefinitely. A receptionist at the hotel confirmed it was not taking any bookings until mid-July at the earliest.

The vice squad raided the Diamond Dynasty karaoke club in the basement of the hotel on Saturday, arresting 102 people, of whom 22 were formally charged with offences, according to a spokesman.

A statement by Chongqing police said that an investigation had uncovered “a complete chain” of people involved in prostitution “involving the hotel managers, security guards, luggage carriers, receptionists and staff”.

However, a spokesman for Hilton Worldwide said the hotel company was not responsible for the running of the karaoke club, which the police believe was used for prostitution. “Hilton Worldwide abides by all laws in every country in which its brands operate and is fully co-operating with the investigation,” he said.

“While the karaoke club is located in the same building complex as our hotel, it is an independently owned and operated business. As this is an ongoing investigation, we cannot make any further comment,” he added.

It was not clear whether any hotel staff had been arrested. Hilton did not comment on whether similar nightclubs operate in its other hotels in China.

The police said they had investigated the hotel twice since last November, on suspicions that its Chinese investor, Kingrun Real Estate, may have links to the local mafia. A spokesman added that the Hilton was ordered to suspend its business on suspicion of its partner’s involvement in organised crime and prostitution.

In many of its hotels, Hilton does not own the bricks and mortar of the building, but is contracted to manage and brand the property. In some cases, Hilton does not actually employ the staff inside the building either, merely training them to work within the brand.

Karaoke clubs are often used in China for shady entertainment and other international hotel chains have also been exposed by the police.

Last month, police raided the Passion Club at the Great Wall Sheraton hotel in Beijing and arrested 118 girls, leading them out en masse and in handcuffs.

Beijing police have closed 35 clubs since May and arrested 1,132 people, according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency.

Shanghai has also shut down its netherworld of hotel saunas, karaoke clubs and girly bars in preparation for the World Expo.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/7844335/Hilton-hotel-closed-by-Chinese-police-over-prostitution-charges.html

Beijing police break up sex slavery gang SMH 02.11.10

International Media No Responses » Tagged with: China, international media, Media

Nov 092010

Beijing police break up sex slavery gang

November 2, 2010

AFP SMH

Police in Beijing have cracked a gang suspected of forcing nearly 100 women into sex slavery after giving them a “training course” and requiring them to pass a “hooker test”, state media reports.

At least 20 people have been arrested for allegedly forcing the girls to train as prostitutes and sending them to bathhouses, karaoke bars and massage parlours to work, the Global Times reported on Tuesday, quoting the police.

The gang was reportedly led by a 32-year-old man called Xie Zhaobin, who posted job ads in small newspapers in several Beijing districts last year, claiming to be looking for receptionists and PR workers, it said.

Advertisement: Story continues below

After a fake interview process, Xie’s accomplices would allegedly confiscate the girls’ IDs and he would then rape them and film the act, using the footage as leverage to force them to work as prostitutes.

Xie and his girlfriend Niu Xueying even provided a “training course” for the girls, which sometimes involved the couple having sex in front of them to show them what to do and ended in a “hooker test”, the report said.

The gang allegedly received agent fees from the bars and clubs where the women were sent to work, and pocketed the girls’ pay, making more than 500,000 yuan (almost $US75,000), according to initial police investigations.

Zi Xiangdong, spokesman for the municipal Public Security Bureau (PSB), was quoted as saying that the gang was busted when some women escaped and informed the police.

“What he (Xie) has done is disgusting. When we arrested him, he showed no regret,” he said, according to the report.

The PSB refused to comment on the case when contacted by AFP. According to the report, the suspects were arrested in August but the case has only just come to light.

All the sex workers and gang suspects are now being held in custody, and it was still unclear whether the girls would be punished, Zi said.

Prostitution is illegal in China, but it still flourishes across the nation, particularly in massageparlours, bathhouses and karaoke bars that often serve as fronts for sex work.

Campaigning to address the emerging issues related to the NSW sex industry

Suffusion theme by Sayontan Sinha

nothing-about-us-without-us.com