On June 28, 2020, the Cuiyuan Police Station in Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province received an alarm. The caller claimed that there was an expense dispute and the police needed to be present. After receiving the call, police from Cuiyuan Police Station dispatched police.
At the scene, the caller reported to the police in embarrassment: "I made an appointment with a friend online to go to the hotel...it turned out he was a man. I wanted to leave, but he wouldn't let me go."
Looking for "friends" online to have sex with. The price was also negotiated, but the two of them probably didn't know that their behavior was suspected of prostitution.
After investigation by the police, it was learned that Shi (pseudonym), male, met Li (pseudonym) online. On June 28, the two agreed on the price and made an appointment at a hotel. After the two parties were intimate for a while, Shi vaguely noticed something strange about Li. Later, he discovered that Li was a male. The two had a dispute and called the police.
According to the provisions of the Ministry of Public Security's "Reply on How to Qualify the Issue of Characterizing People who have not had sexual intercourse or have not paid for sexual intercourse using money as a medium", the actors have subjectively reached an agreement on prostitution and have negotiated a price or Anyone who has already paid money or property and has started to implement it, but has not yet had sexual relations due to reasons other than his or her subjective will; or who has had sexual relations but has not yet paid money or property, may be treated as prostitution and whoring in accordance with the law.
According to the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China", those who engage in prostitution or whoring shall be detained for not less than ten days but not more than fifteen days, and may also be fined not more than five thousand yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be fined not more than five thousand yuan. Detention of not more than 10 days or fine of not more than 500 yuan.
In view of the illegal conduct of prostitution, the West Lake police detained the two persons for three days in administrative detention.
Other circumstances of the case are still under further investigation.
Extended reading: An unemployed man visited a prostitute and then took a nude video to blackmail the prostitute. He was sentenced to a fine of 5,000 yuan in October for several crimes.An unemployed man named Hu made an appointment with a prostitute and filmed her naked body while she was sleeping. Video, took the other person’s cash and walked away. After that, Hu threatened to send nude photos and videos to others to blackmail the prostitutes. Reporters learned today that the Xicheng Court sentenced Hu to 10 months in prison and a fine of 5,000 yuan for several crimes including theft and extortion.
On the evening of February 20 this year, the prostitute Yu Mou made an agreement with the man Hu Mou through WeChat to go to the hotel for prostitution at a price of 3,000 yuan. After meeting that night, Hu first gave Yu 2,000 yuan in cash as advance payment for prostitution, and then the two parties engaged in prostitution.
However, Hu is no ordinary prostitute. While Yu was sleeping, Hu secretly took a video of the prostitute and looked through Yu's cell phone to obtain the phone number of his family. Later, Hu took the prostitute's 2,000 yuan in cash and left the hotel.
This is not the end yet. After that, Hu threatened to send nude photos and videos to others, and asked the prostitute Yu to give him at least 3,000 yuan and have to have sex with him again. Hu was fully convinced that what the prostitutes were doing was illegal and they would definitely give in. Unexpectedly, Yu directly called the police.
Hu was quickly captured and truthfully confessed his crime upon arrival. The prosecutor filed an indictment against Hu on suspicion of theft and extortion. Based on the sentencing circumstances of Hu’s attempted crime, truthful confession, and admission of guilt and punishment, the court recommended that the court sentence him to a fixed-term imprisonment of 10 months to 1 year and 2 months, and Penalties.
The court held that the facts of the public prosecution charging Hu with the crime of theft and extortion were clear, the evidence was reliable and sufficient, the charges were convicted, and the sentencing recommendations were appropriate. Considering that Hu's extortion was an attempted crime, and he could truthfully confess his crime, plead guilty and accept punishment after arriving at the case, he would be given a lighter punishment. In the end, he was sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined 5,000 yuan.
Source: Comprehensive Procuratorate Daily Justice Network Hangzhou Traffic 918 WeChat Beijing Evening News
Process Editor: TF020
