"The detention of a couple for watching pornographic DVDs at home" happened 7 years ago and had triggered a nationwide debate on "the relationship and boundary between public power and private rights". What made Zhao Peng (a pseudonym) from Nan'an District, Chongqing feel incomprehensible was that after 7 years, similar events were replayed: he was informed to be detained for 5 days just because there was a Japanese AV clip (adult video) in his mobile phone.
In a post titled "Please delete the AV in your mobile phone when you take the train", Zhao Peng said that at 9:00 am on December 29 last year, he took the train from Chongqing to Shaoxing, Zhejiang. As soon as he got off the train, he was stopped by several policemen who asked him to show his ID card and train ticket. One of the policemen proposed to check his mobile phone and turned on his originally powered-off phone, constantly flipping through his contact list and multimedia data. Subsequently, the Japanese AV video in his mobile phone was found. "You can't leave, come to the duty room with me!" After arriving at the duty room, the policeman told him: making, selling, transporting pornographic DVDs including videos, those with serious circumstances would be detained for 15 days and fined 3000 yuan. Those with minor circumstances would be detained for 5 days and fined 500 yuan. After his repeated pleas were rejected, he helplessly indicated that he only had 200 yuan on him, and was then given a lighter punishment.
Zhao Peng told reporters that the police did not show him any penalty slip, meanwhile, his mobile phone was originally powered off, and the police completely opened it without his consent.
On the afternoon of June 6, reporters called the Shaoxing Railway Police Station in Zhejiang with Zhao Peng to inquire about this matter. A staff member who refused to disclose his name confirmed this matter. He said that in order to ensure transportation safety recently, the railway police station indeed arranged police forces to randomly check passengers getting on and off the train, not specifically targeting people from other places. Meanwhile, the staff member also claimed: "Carrying pornographic videos on mobile phones is suspected of spreading obscene materials, which is a very serious offense." As for the reason why the police did not issue a receipt for the fine, "We are different from other police officers, we don't need to keep the stubs for fines," according to the blog of zzf000zxyr2. (According to *Chongqing Business Daily*)