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hu qian, trainee reporter of cover news

on september 24, cover news reported that blogger "shadow will not lie" said that he and his team found hidden cameras in a hotel and a guesthouse in huaqiang plaza, shijiazhuang, hebei. when they were confirming and removing the cameras on the spot, he and his team were surrounded by the owner of the guesthouse and others in the hotel corridor and suffered "hours of intimidation and shoving."

that evening, the xinhua branch of the shijiazhuang municipal public security bureau issued a notice that the suspects wang mouhua, wang moujie, and li mou, who were suspected of illegally using special equipment for eavesdropping and stealing photos, had all been arrested and criminal coercive measures had been taken in accordance with the law; and the offenders li mouru, zhang mouhua, and li mouping, who were suspected of disturbing public order, had been given administrative penalties in accordance with the law.

on the afternoon of september 25, regarding the police report released by shijiazhuang xinhua public security bureau on the evening of the 24th and the blogger’s joint police camera scanning operation, cover news had an exclusive interview with blogger "shadows don't lie" to respond to the subsequent development of the incident.

in the early morning of september 25, bloggers and shijiazhuang police jointly launched a scanning operation.

cover news: on the morning of september 25, you released a video of jointly scanning hidden cameras with the shijiazhuang xinhua public security bureau. how was this collaborative operation facilitated?

blogger:starting at noon on the 24th, we received calls from various parties. in the evening, i received a call from the director of the xinhua branch of the shijiazhuang public security bureau, inviting us to shijiazhuang to discuss the work of continuing to search for cameras. my team and i felt that as platform experts, we should shoulder some social responsibilities. so we agreed to cooperate with the police in this scanning operation.

we released the video of this scanning operation to explain the misunderstandings on the internet. as for most hotels and b&bs in shijiazhuang, you can stay there without worry. it’s just that a small number of b&b and hotel owners have "spoiled the whole barrel with one bad apple."

of course, our original intention is to make more netizens aware that there may be hidden cameras in hotels and homestays, so that everyone pays attention to personal privacy and security.

cover news: what is the process of joint police scanning for hidden cameras?

blogger:in the early hours of the 25th, we conducted a camera scan in blocks e and f of huaqiang plaza, which lasted for more than an hour. the total number of floors scanned was relatively limited. during the process, the police led the way in front, and we used equipment and technology to scan and detect in the back, and indeed no cameras were found.

during the scanning process, several hotel and b&b owners talked to us and their attitudes were all relatively good.

cover news: has the local police in shijiazhuang discussed how to further rectify possible problems with cameras in hotels and homestays?

blogger:the director of the xinhua branch of the shijiazhuang public security bureau told me that they would launch a one-month cleanup operation. he also said that if they carry out subsequent operations, they might ask us to cooperate.

cover news: the police report confirmed that you and your team were surrounded, insulted, pushed and blocked. have you received an apology?

blogger:so far, we have not received any apology from either party.

when we announced the joint scanning operation, we made it clear that we wanted an apology from those who pushed, insulted, beat and threatened me and my team on september 15. but now, even though the police report has been released, there are still hotel and homestay owners saying online that we "directed and acted" ourselves. these words have seriously damaged our reputation. we will resolutely demand an apology from the other party across the internet.

cover news: how do you explain the concerns about your purpose on the internet? do you have any further comments on the follow-up of this matter?

blogger:over the past few months, my team and i have cracked down on dozens of hotel cameras across the country. we immediately called the police every time we found one. there is no possibility of self-directed or self-acted. we have not extorted money from anyone, and the police in shijiazhuang public security bureau have never raised such questions from beginning to end.

our current demand is very simple. after the police report comes out, if the merchants or other parties involved know that they have misunderstood us, they should apologize to us.

i would also like to remind everyone that hidden cameras are not only found in cheap b&bs. from b&bs that cost 60 yuan to star-rated hotels that cost 2,000 yuan, there may be hidden cameras. according to our experience in combating cameras, a small number of those who install hidden cameras are hotel and b&b owners, and the majority are professional hidden camera gangs. they will not stop installing them just because they are expensive and high-end hotels. when you check in, please be careful to protect your privacy.

(pictures in this article are from the interviewee)