Busted for Banging in a Chinese Uniqlo Dressing Room

One of my most favorite lines prior to the album's actual release in 2008 was, "Democracy will actually come to China before we get GnR's Chinese Democracy," which of course turned out to be false. China's zero tolerance for any fun whatsoever policy continued this week when six people were busted for filming a sex tape inside Uniqlo's flagship store in Beijing.

According to the Los Angeles Times (link below), the viral video seen above has had the internet in China abuzz for a while, and now the culprits are behind bars.

The Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s Internet watchdog, reprimanded two of the nation’s main web portals, Sina and Tencent, for failing to stop the spread of the video, and police said they were investigating. On Sunday, Beijing police said they had arrested the couple in the video and four others.

According to Beijing TV, the police investigation is focused on two questions: first, who posted the video and second, whether the tape was a publicity stunt intended to drum up business. A brief police statement said one 19-year-old man surnamed Sun was charged with disseminating obscene material, while three others were being detained, along with the couple. Police indicated the video dated from April.

Wait, so this video was from April? What's the big deal then?

Pornography is illegal in China and porn websites are blocked; red banners in cities across the country urge people to stay away from smut. Until 1997, extramarital sex could result in criminal charges, but legal reforms and other factors have led to increasingly liberal sexual attitudes.

According to the official New China News Agency, China's criminal law stipulates that those convicted of disseminating obscene books, films, pictures and video clips could face jail terms of up to two years, while making obscene products to earn profit can carry a term of up to life in prison.

Life in prison for having super boring sex in a cramped dressing room? Shit man, that's rough. Good luck to them, I hope they have a good lawyer.

Via Los Angeles Times