there is no law that stops johns from visiting pros

[Halo]

depending on where you are and who the police officer is you can be charged under hooligan laws (an open ended law that can include whatever behaviour the police want it to include), anti social or public morals laws, administrative laws (again an open ended, no trial, indefinite detention law) or you may end up paying for the nice officers 'good time' in the next room or if you are very lucky just a 'ticking off' whilst the officer tries for some free nookie with the girl. If the place is 'protected' then you get off scot free.
teltel

 

[Lord of the Flies]

Thanks for posting this. It's certainly interesting but nothing more.

It sounds like a civil case, which even in most Anglo law systems would not form a binding precedent for the criminal justice system. Even if it did, Chinese law is notoriously inconsistent. One court says one thing; another court says another. And Chinese police seem to create and enforce their own laws depending on how they feel at the time

Most insurance policies in western countries are consistent with this ruling, to my limited knowledge. What the court is essentially saying is that the policy holder cannot be disadvaneforum.xxxed because the the husband's behaviour (mongering) did not forseeably lead to his death. He wasn't digging a tunnel under a bank, flying a stolen F16 or evading police. He died during the course of a business transaction/financial dispute whereby the seller and buyer disagreed over what services had been provided. It could just as easily have occurred in a pizza shop or restaurant.

Mongers, please do not for one second mistake the belief that you can plead "oh, but it's legal!" as an effective defence. Be one hundred percent vigilent at all times. Do not give yourself a chance to put this theory to the test.

There is also the factor of the journalist's skill and Mandarin language ability to consider. Journalists put whatever spin they like on things to make them sound more newsworthy -- even in China.

a.t.

 

[Ex-Cop on Final Bust]

From Shanghai Daily
Court: Pay widow of killed john

AN insurance company has been ordered to pay compensation of 400,000 yuan (US$58,582) to a widow whose husband was killed in a prostitution dispute, a court said yesterday.

The Pudong New Area People's Court ruled that visiting prostitutes, while immoral, isn't a crime. So the insurance company should pay up.

The insurance company, argued that the victim's policy excluded compensation for accidents which take place in the course of a crime.

The company wasn't identified by the court.

The victim surnamed Su, in his 30s, visited a prostitute surnamed Li on May 31, 2008.

Su refused to pay and Li called her boyfriend Xia Xiaoxing for help. Xia quarreled with Su and stabbed his chest with a fruit knife. Su died from massive hemorrhage. Xia later received a life sentence.

Su's wife surnamed Zhang, though ashamed of the circumstances of her husband's death, asked the insurance company to compensate her because Su's employer had bought an accident insurance for the employees.

The company refused, saying Su had committed a crime by patronizing the prostitute.

The court said prostitute visiting goes against social morality. But it doesn't violate the criminal law.



Read more: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200911/20091110/article_418992.htm#ixzz0rntH942d