Couple, three others arrested over viral Uniqlo sex tape
BEIJING — Five people have been arrested over a sex tape filmed in a branch of the Uniqlo clothes shop, Chinese state media reported, citing a statement by China’s online regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), that distributing the footage was “against socialist core values”.
A screenshot of the couple.
BEIJING — Five people have been arrested over a sex tape filmed in a branch of the Uniqlo clothes shop, Chinese state media reported, citing a statement by China’s online regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), that distributing the footage was “against socialist core values”.
The Chinese couple in the video are among the arrested.
State-run broadcaster Beijing Television said that the police are investigating on two aspects: The question of who published the “tasteless video”, as well as on whether it was a publicity stunt by Uniqlo.
If found guilty, Uniqlo could face a fine of between 200,000 and one million yuan (S$44,000-S$221,000) and have its licence revoked, according to China Daily,
The one-minute video clip of the Chinese couple apparently having sex in a changing room of a Uniqlo store in Beijing first went viral on July 14.
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