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A leading newspaper blames prostitution in Dongguan on "tolerant officials," while a sex industry experts cites a "protective umbrella."
Online debate explodes after police mistakenly detain a young couple in part of a crackdown on Dongguan's rampant prostitution business in massage parlors, hotels and karaoke clubs.
More than 3,000 entertainment venues in Guangdong province suspected of involvement in the sex trade have been closed since authorities launched a crackdown on the illegal industry early last month, a top leader from the province said on Wednesday.
The official website of Dongguan city on Monday released the name of its new police chief, a post in the limelight during a prostitution crackdown.
Massive police raid hits 18,372 entertainment venues, including 3,592 karaoke bars and 4,201 saunas in Guangdong province.
The crackdown on the underground sex trade has expanded to all of Guangdong province, with local authorities vowing to severely punish those who protect the illegal services.
Many computer viruses and malicious software appeared on the Internet with names like "videos of lap dancing in Dongguan," after CCTV showed the eye-grabbing obscene videos in reports slamming the rampant sex trade in the city.
Eight police officers from the 110 police hotline service center in Dongguan, Guangdong province, have been suspended from their posts for failure to function after receiving reports from China Central Television reporters about the city's illegal prostitution activities.
Despite its global status as a major hub for electronic manufacturing, Dongguan, a third-tier southern city, would still be unknown for many if not for the recent crackdown on the illegal sex trade in the city.
The police authorities in Dongguan have promised they will crack down those behind sex workers; we hope this time they can honor that promise.
Authorities in Guangdong province are set to launch a three-month crackdown on the sex industry across the province.
More than 80 percent of participants in an online survey say they do not think the recent crackdown in Dongguan will root out prostitution.
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