Who is guilty for organizing the sex orgy at Zhuhai?
I am glad the Chinese government is taking the first step against the
perpetrators. (See the article from Singapore below). However, a protest
against the Japanese company or group is still very much in order and a
meeting with the Chinese consul general should likewise proceed as planned.
Ling-chi
OCT 1, 2003
Zhuhai 'hotel sex orgy' pimp arrested
Chinese suspect had fled to Hunan after media reports of how 400 Japanese
tourists went on a sex romp in hotel
By Chua Chin Hon
BEIJING - A Chinese who allegedly organised a sex orgy for hundreds of
Japanese tourists during a sensitive World War II anniversary has been
arrested after fleeing to Hunan province, state media reported yesterday. The suspect was not identified but the man in custody was said to be the
ringleader who had helped about 400 Japanese engage 500 prostitutes for a
three-day romp at a luxury hotel in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai
from Sept 16 to 18.
The scale and timing of the incident has provoked widespread anger in
China, where Sept 18 is still remembered by many as being a day of
'national humiliation'.
Japanese forces started occupying north-east China on Sept 18, 1931, and
many Chinese have interpreted this latest incident as a bid to humiliate China. The ringleader reportedly fled from Zhuhai to neighbouring Hunan province
after Chinese media carried racy reports on the orgy. He was arrested on
Sunday in the province's Huitong county.
About 50 prostitutes allegedly involved in the orgy had also been arrested
by police yesterday, according to state media reports, while police in
southern Guangdong province announced over the weekend that they had
arrested other suspects involved with the orgy.
It remained unclear how those arrested were connected with the alleged
ringleader.
The Zhuhai International Convention Centre Hotel, where the alleged
incident took place, had also been shut down indefinitely for investigations. When contacted, Guangdong police and government officials declined to
comment and would only say that they were still investigating the case,
where many details remained murky.
However, the Chinese authorities continued to take the case seriously
despite suggestions that accounts of the orgy in the Chinese media could
have been exaggerated.
On Monday, China's Foreign Ministry summoned a Japanese Embassy official in
Beijing to make a formal protest.
Officials described the incident as an 'abominable' act that had 'hurt the
feelings of the Chinese people' and 'severely damaged' Japan's
international image.
An online report on the China Daily's website yesterday said the Japanese
official expressed regret over the incident and hoped that it would not
hurt Sino-Japanese relations.
In Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said officials were
looking into the allegations, adding that the incident, if true, was
'extremely regrettable'.
She told reporters: 'If this is true, even before the legal question, this
is a more fundamental problem.
'That people would go all the way to a foreign country to injure women's
dignity is extremely regrettable.'
The Japanese media, which have also given prominent coverage to the
controversy, quoted the president of an Osaka construction firm as saying
his company had organised for 288 staff to visit the Zhuhai hotel at the
time of the alleged orgy.
In a statement carried by Kyodo News, he offered his 'profound apologies'
for the outrage in China but denied allegations that the trip had been a
'prostitution tour'.
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