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Use of Spy Cameras and Snooping Devices in India

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Reference Chapter 3

(Revised: Wednesday, January 12, 2005)

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            - Matthew 10:8 :: New American Standard Bible (NASB)

 

1 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.

2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,

4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God

5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,

7 always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.                                                                  

8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth--men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.

9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.”

            - 2 Timothy 3:1-9  :: New International Version (NIV)

 

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Johnson, Tracy. (Friday, September 20, 2002) Filming up women's skirts is ruled legal. Seattle, USA: Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/87863_voyeur20.shtml

 

Filming up women's skirts is ruled legal

Law doesn't ban voyeurism in public, Supreme Court says

 

Tracy Johnson

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter

 

Jolene Jang was standing at an ice-cream booth at the Bite of Seattle festival two summers ago, unaware that a man had secretly lowered his video camera so he could film up her dress.

 

When she found out, she felt violated and hoped he'd go to prison. She became more leery of others. Now she's appalled that Richard Sorrells, the man found guilty of voyeurism for doing it, is no longer guilty of anything.

 

On Thursday, the state Supreme Court ruled that filming up women's skirts, though "disgusting and reprehensible," isn't actually against the law.

 

"I think that's ridiculous," said Jang, now 28, who lives in the Seattle area. "I feel a little bit vulnerable about it being known that it's OK."

 

The high court unanimously agreed the state's voyeurism law "does not apply to actions taken in purely public places."

 

It overturned the convictions of Sorrells and another man, Sean Glas, who was accused of taking photographs under women's skirts at a Yakima County shopping mall.

 

Sorrells already served his two-month sentence in King County Jail. He was court-ordered to undergo treatment for sexual deviancy and "intends to remain in treatment" even though it's no longer required of him, according to his attorney, Ken Sharaga.

 

Sharaga said the court's decision was correct -- it was what he argued last year, when he unsuccessfully tried to get the case dismissed.

 

"A citizen has to be warned by clear language in a statute that particular conduct is a crime in order to be punished as a criminal," he said. "Something can be wrong and offensive and still not be a crime."

 

The state's voyeurism law protects people who are in a place where they "would have a reasonable expectation of privacy" -- meaning the person could expect to be able to undress in seclusion or "be safe from hostile intrusion or surveillance."

 

But the court found the law doesn't apply to filming people in a public place, even if it's underneath their clothes.

 

"It is the physical location of the person that is ultimately at issue, not the part of the person's body," Judge Bobbe Bridge wrote.

 

The court, which also upheld Washington's voyeurism law as constitutional, noted that other states have had similar frustrations.

 

Two years ago, California changed its law to include a broader range of voyeuristic behavior.

 

In Washington state, Sen. Jeri Costa, D-Marysville, has for two years pushed a bill that would make it illegal to secretly film someone "under or through the clothing." She said yesterday that she hoped the court's decision would be "an impetus to make this a higher priority."

 

Sen. Adam Kline, D-Seattle, said he now plans to introduce a bill "unabashedly plagiarizing" California's law. He expects it to pass easily.

 

"Allowing that behavior to go unpunished is not what anyone in the Legislature has in mind," he said.

 

King County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Dan Donohoe agreed that Sorrells' behavior was "conduct that should be covered" by the voyeurism statute.

 

Sorrells was arrested in July 2000 after Jang told police she caught him reaching into her purse at the Bite of Seattle. Jang said she and others chased him, and her boyfriend tackled him.

 

Sorrells wanted police to know he wasn't a pickpocket.

 

"I did not have my hand in her purse. I was holding my camera so I could videotape up her dress," he told them. "I'm not a thief -- I'm a peeping Tom."

 

Investigators say they later examined the tape from the man's camera and found numerous images of women and girls at the crowded Seattle festival. Many were pictures of underwear shot while the camera was on the ground.

 

In the other case decided yesterday, Glas was arrested for taking pictures up the skirts of two women at a Union Gap mall in April 1999, according to court documents. The women -- one working at Sears, the other at a cart in the mall -- caught him crouching next to them as he snapped photographs using a flash.

 

Police said Glas planned to sell the pictures to an Internet Web site that focuses on fetishes.

 

But the Supreme Court ruled that the mall, too, is a public place where "the voyeurism statute, as written, does not prohibit 'upskirt' photography."

 

P-I reporter Tracy Johnson can be reached at 206-467-5942 or [email protected]

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Vocabulary.

Leery                         adj.      Suspicious or distrustful; wary: was leery of aggressive salespeople.

Reprehensible         adj.      Deserving rebuke or censure; blameworthy.

Fetish                        n.         Something, such as a material object or a nonsexual part of the body, that

                                                arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.

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Kanda, Sachie. (Trans.) (Friday, November 15, 2002) TBS anchorwomen dread the psycho peepers. Japan: Japan Today.

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=shukan&id=152

 

TBS anchorwomen dread the psycho peepers

 

Being a television anchorwoman carries a lot of perks. It also carries a lot of hassles, especially at the TBS network.

 

Recently, underground web sites have sprung up, created by and for crazy fans looking for a bit of titillation. On these sites, fans are exchanging pictures of anchorwomen, many of which are "panchira" shots chance moments caught on film of anchorwomen's underwear thanks to a gust of wind or a strategically placed camera at the bottom of the stairs. Other photos were obviously taken by hidden cameras.

 

Women at TBS are expecting more trouble after the news division moves to a different floor. Said one TBS staffer: "The news division is moving down to the 5th floor from the 7th floor in order to improve their efficiency with the production department. However, all anchorwomen are strictly against it.

 

"Right now their security is very tight but once they move to the 5th floor, it will be lax. For example, they will have to share the toilets with more people. Anchorwomen are worried that will simply increase the chances of getting photographed by hidden cameras. As it is now, a lot of them have had personal items stolen this year."

 

The anxiety of anchorwomen at TBS is no exaggeration. About three years ago, a TBS reporter was arrested for frequent peeping in anchorwomen's toilets. He was also taking pictures of them with a hidden camera.

 

A worker in the news division says TBS doesn't give popular anchorwomen special treatment. "They commute by train like the rest of us. As a result, some of the most popular ones have been stalked. There have been cases of fans show up in the middle of a dark street on their way home and trying to hug the women."

 

Having long complained that the station does nothing to protect them, the anchorwomen are understandably incensed over the proposed floor move. "TBS is doing nothing to protect us from all these creeps," said one, adding they are now thinking about a signature collecting campaign against the move. (Translated by Sachie Kanda)

 

November 15, 2002

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Kenner, Randy. (Wednesday, September 25, 2002) Ohio man files $1.5M suit against Marriott. Knoxville, USA: Knoxville News-Sentinel Co.

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_1438232,00.html

 

Ohio man files $1.5M suit against Marriott

Hidden camera found in bathroom

 

By Randy Kenner, News-Sentinel staff writer

September 25, 2002

 

An Ohio man filed a $1.5 million lawsuit Tuesday against the Knoxville Marriott hotel after finding a hidden camera in a bathroom light fixture in July.

 

Bryan Brewer discovered the small video camera after noticing a tiny black spot - which he thought was an insect but turned out to be a hole - in the fixture, according to the lawsuit.

 

At the time Brewer, the vice president of a California company, was staying at the Marriott while on business.

 

His attorney, K.O. Herston, filed the lawsuit in Knox County Circuit Court. Named as defendants are Marriott International Inc. and Columbia Sussex Corp., a Fort Mitchell, Ky., corporation that operated at least 28 Marriotts with more than 8,500 rooms.

 

"The allegations have been turned over to the proper authorities, who we are cooperating with fully," said Doug Allen, the general manager of the downtown Marriott.

 

Allen declined to comment any further, citing an ongoing investigation by the Knox County Sheriff's Department. Brewer, contacted Tuesday, declined comment.

 

According to the lawsuit, Brewer, 27, discovered the camera on the morning of July 11.

 

"Thinking it might be an insect, Mr. Brewer swatted at the black spot, thereby inadvertently breaking the plastic cover on the light fixture," Herston wrote in the lawsuit. "He called the front desk, apologized and offered to pay for the fixture."

 

But while he was waiting for someone to fix the damage, Brewer noticed wires and discovered a small video camera.

 

A further look by security personnel confirmed that it was an elaborate, self-contained, video recording system.

 

"The video camera was connected to the bathroom light switch such that the camera would begin recording when the bathroom light was turned on and would stop recording when (it) was turned off," the lawsuit states.

 

Herston said that the equipment had a film of dust on it indicating that it had been there for some time. It also had a piece of tape on it indicating the room number, Room 253.

 

Herston said that Marriott employees let Brewer view the tape in their presence but refused to give it to him.

 

The tape and video equipment have been turned over to the Sheriff's Department.

 

The Sheriff's Department also has refused to give him the tape, Herston said.

 

He also said he's not sure why the Sheriff's Department is investigating the case since the Knoxville Police Department is next door to the Marriott.

 

Herston said the detective handling the case told him, "'All I know is that I was called to the scene and I responded to the call.'"

 

Marriott officials said they have inspected other rooms at the hotel but have refused to say what, if anything, was found, Herston said.

 

"There are a lot of questions and we need some answers," Herston said before adding, "How many other people were taped?"

 

Martha Dooley, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Department, said the reason the tape isn't being turned over is because, "It is an ongoing investigation."

 

As for the office handling the case, Dooley said, "We routinely answer calls from businesses and residences in the city as well as the county."

 

Someone from the hotel apparently called the Sheriff's Department directly.

 

KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk said that KPD did not receive a call from the hotel.

 

The lawsuit contends that Brewer has suffered harm as a result of the discovery.

 

"In Mr. Brewer's case, he has become paranoid," Herston indicated. "He hates to travel now and that has caused tension at work since his job requires so much travel. When he does travel, he spends a lot of time going over every inch of his hotel room to make sure it is safe.

 

"This has really affected his career and well-being."

 

In addition to the $1.5 million in damages, Brewer also seeks the return of all copies of the videotaped recording of him.

 

Brewer has not been back in Knoxville since the incident.

 

"If he comes back, he certainly won't stay at the Marriott," Herston said.

 

Randy Kenner may be reached at 865-342-6305 or [email protected]

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Leinwand, Donna. (Monday, January 28, 2002) Use of 'date rape' drug surges. USA: USA Today.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/01/28/usat-drug(acov).htm

 

01/28/2002 - Updated 07:47 PM ET 

 

Use of 'date rape' drug surges

 

By Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY

 

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By Bob Riha, Jr., AP

Kevin Newell, 22, used GHB for 18 months because he liked the sense of mellow euphoria it gave him. 

 

GHB, the highly addictive "date rape" drug outlawed by Congress two years ago, is becoming increasingly popular on college campuses and at raves even though it can trigger potentially fatal comas.

 

The emergence of GHB as a recreational drug comes as law enforcement officials are focusing on Ecstasy, a more widely used club drug. GHB's surge has surprised police and health officials, who for years have treated the mixture of common industrial chemicals as something that few people would consume by choice.

 

Unlike Ecstasy or cocaine, GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate) gives users no sense of euphoria. The slightly bitter liquid puts users in a dreamy stupor, or worse, a coma that can kill them. Government and law enforcement education efforts regarding GHB have dealt largely with warning women about predators who could spike their drinks with the drug, rather than the risks of taking it for fun.

 

"Something that puts you into a coma is not something (most people) voluntarily do," says Alan Leshner, a former executive director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Bethesda, Md. "Normal people don't say, 'I'm looking forward to my next coma.' "

But now drug abuse agencies nationwide are placing more emphasis on the dangers of GHB, which also is known as "G," "Liquid X" and "Easy Lay" among teenagers and young adults who use it.

 

Emergency room admissions involving GHB nearly quadrupled nationwide from 1998 to 2000, when 4,969 cases were reported, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says. U.S. officials do not keep statistics on how many people use particular drugs, but they say survey data and anecdotal evidence — such as drug seizures and activity by drug traffickers — indicate that Ecstasy easily remains the most popular club drug.

 

And yet, more people are overdosing on GHB than Ecstasy. In 2000, 2,482 GHB users visited the emergency room for an overdose compared with 1,742 Ecstasy users. Health officials say that's an indication that GHB is more dangerous and gaining in popularity.

The Drug Enforcement Administration says that 73 people have died from taking GHB since 1995. There were 27 Ecstasy-related deaths from 1994 to 1998, according to the most recent figures available from U.S. officials.

 

The federal Drug Abuse Warning Network reports that GHB is appearing most often in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, New Orleans and San Francisco. Of the GHB users who showed up in emergency rooms in 1999, 56% said they had used the drug with alcohol; 15% had used it with Ecstasy.

 

One of GHB's recent victims was Alexander Klochkoff, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Maryland who was found facedown in a beanbag chair at his fraternity house Sept. 5. Klochkoff's death led officials at the College Park campus to issue new warnings to students about the risks of taking GHB.

 

Despite the risks, some youths continue to take the drug.

 

Some point out that it gives them an alcohol-like buzz-known as a "G-ber daze" — without their having to down several expensive cocktails. Unlike alcohol, GHB has no telltale odor that parents or police might detect. It also is cheap ($5 to $10 for a shot-glass dose) and easy to mix, using recipes that are available on the Internet.

 

Although Congress made GHB illegal in 2000 and authorities have arrested dozens of suppliers, the ingredients to make the drug are available many places where industrial cleaning solvents are sold. They can be obtained through foreign outlets, Internet sites and hardware stores.

 

"If people are motivated to get it, it's relatively easy to get," says Jim Hall of the Up Front Drug Information Center in Miami.

 

Michael Scrimo, 20, who lives in a suburb of New York City, says he first came across GHB three years ago in nightclubs where Ecstasy, cocaine and the veterinary anesthetic ketamine (known as "Special K") were widely available.

 

Scrimo says he was looking to buy some Ecstasy pills when a friend offered him GHB. At the time, Scrimo's personal life had taken a plunge. He had blown his chances of getting a college athletic scholarship and had been kicked out of his high school because he was arrested for dealing drugs on campus. He wanted something that would help him zone out and forget his problems.

 

He tried GHB and liked it.

 

"I felt like really numb, all five senses. I couldn't walk straight, I couldn't hear, I couldn't see," says Scrimo, who wound up being addicted to GHB and other drugs and recently spent time in a drug rehabilitation program in Long Island, N.Y., run by Phoenix House.

 

Scrimo says he usually took GHB in gel caps. He says he would "take two or three or four at a time, and have a black-out night." Since then, he says, "I've heard that people have died on GHB. I could have died so many times."

 

Bodybuilders were first victims

 

Much of the nation first took notice of GHB in the mid-1990s, when dozens of women across the USA reported waking up naked, bruised and with no memory of what had happened the night before. Police learned that men had spiked their drinks with GHB and then raped the women after they lost consciousness.

 

At the time, GHB solutions of varying potency were legal and were displayed in health food stores and gyms, marketed under names such as "Enliven," "Renewtrient" and "Blue Nitro." Health supplement distributors touted them as natural formulas to promote sleep, slow the aging process and build muscle.

 

There is little scientific data to suggest that GHB affects aging or muscle-building, but that didn't stop bodybuilders from snapping up GHB products. Muscle men in San Francisco and Miami were the first to overdose on the substance, in 1990. Their deaths signaled to authorities that manufactured GHB could be highly addictive.

 

A form of GHB occurs naturally in the body, doctors say. The brain uses minute quantities of it to shut off one function so that another can begin. Many GHB users assume incorrectly that increasing GHB levels in the body is either harmless or beneficial, Leshner says. But the brain's delicate chemical balance is upset easily, he says, and too much GHB can depress breathing and nervous system functions to the point that users are unable to roll over in their sleep.

 

Those who die after taking GHB usually "fall on their faces and smother, or they aspirate (on their own vomit) into their lungs and suffocate," Leshner says.

 

When GHB users combine the drug with a shot of caffeine and ephedrine, the chemical found in many cold remedies and diet pills, the users feel disembodied, says Trinka Porrata, a drug consultant and former narcotics officer for the Los Angeles Police Department. "At first, it's an anti-depressant," Porrata says. "In four to eight months, it takes over your body and soul. It owns you."

 

Gamma hydroxybutyrate's precursors are cleaning solvents called gamma butylactone and 1,4 butanediol — chemical cousins that the body converts to GHB.

 

GHB and the chemicals used to make it are tightly controlled and are illegal for human consumption. But anyone with Internet access can order ingredient kits from Web sites where they are advertised as natural formulas for cleaning printer ink jet cartridges and weight belts. Drinks containing GHB are still sold on Japanese, Greek and other foreign Web sites.

 

Last June, police in Santa Clara County, Calif., arrested a 26-year-old man who had ordered gamma butylactone and 1,4 butanediol over the Internet, says Robert Mecir, who commands an investigative team for the California Department of Justice. The man, who was charged with possession of GHB, told police he had taken six doses a day for the past three years, says Mecir, who adds that he has seen use of the drug in his area jump recently.

 

Like Leshner, many doctors and health officials who study trends in drug use continue to be puzzled by GHB's appeal.

 

"As a physician, I can't say if you take it you're going to fall over dead, but I can say you are playing Russian roulette," says Westley Clark, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in Rockville, Md., a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Do you feel lucky, as Clint Eastwood would say?"

 

Scrimo and other recovering GHB addicts say that one of the scariest things about the drug is that the potency of doses can vary widely, depending on how the ingredients are mixed.

 

'Tons of people buying it'

 

Jen, 19, who grew up in a Philadelphia suburb and recently was treated for drug addiction at the Caron Foundation in Wernersville, Pa., says her boyfriend used to mix GHB in the kitchen. She says he measured the chemicals, heated them to make a potent-smelling base and then threw in ice to cool and dilute the base. Then they poured the finished GHB solution into empty Gatorade bottles and sold quarts for as much as $200.

 

"There were tons of people buying it," says Jen, who asked that her last name not be used. The chemicals were "so cheap and it was a great way to get screwed up."

 

Jen says she often used GHB to try to mellow out while coming off a cocaine high. She says she last drank GHB about a year ago. "If you take too much, it'll make you go into a G-ber daze," Jen says. "You start to sweat. You're not conscious at all. You won't remember. You twitch. It's scary."

 

The ratio of water to chemicals determines the potency of a batch of GHB, putting users at the mercy of kitchen chemists.

 

Kevin Newell, 22, of Lake Forest, Calif., says he never knew how much GHB was in the cupfuls he used to swig. Newell, 18 at the time, also used heroin and speed, but says that GHB was cheaper and easier to find. He is now in court-ordered drug treatment at Phoenix House in Orange County, Calif.

 

Treatment centers across the USA are reporting jumps in GHB cases. In 1999, the Hazelden Foundation facilities in Center City, Minn., and Chicago treated five people who had used GHB. In 2000, they treated 39, says Carol Falkowski, director of research communications at Hazelden.

 

Many who have observed the drug scene for years say that hospital and treatment center data underestimate the GHB problem because many doctors don't think to ask patients about the drug.

 

"There's always a learning curve," Falkowski says. "Most of the drug abuse surveys (given to teenagers, adult drug users and medical personnel) do not even include a question about GHB."

 

Doctors are still trying to set protocols to treat GHB addiction and ease the excruciating withdrawal that addicts face. Those being treated for addiction generally become anxious and can't sleep. Some become delirious. Treatment centers report that addicts trying to withdraw from GHB often attempt suicide.

 

Tyler Johnson, 27, of Beebe, Ark., shot himself in the head on July 16, 2000, after quitting GHB cold turkey, says his father, David Johnson. Tyler had just graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a degree in criminal justice and had been accepted at a law school in Oklahoma City.

 

He had been a bodybuilder for about 10 years in 1999 when he began taking a supplement made from 1,4 butanediol, which converted to GHB in the body. Eventually, Tyler became addicted and took a dose every four hours. He went through an $80 bottle every few days, his father says. Tyler continued to take the supplement even after March 13, 2000, when the U.S. government banned sales of GHB supplements.

 

"It was marketed as a healthy thing, all natural," David Johnson says. "That misinformation cost Tyler his life." Johnson says he plans to sue the manufacturer and distributor of the supplement after a criminal case against the distributor is resolved.

 

Johnson can't forget the image of Tyler struggling to get off GHB.

 

"It's a terrible ordeal," Johnson says. "Hallucinations, heart palpitations. The night before he shot himself, I was with him from 7 p.m. until about 3 a.m., researching (GHB) on the Internet. He was uncomfortable and twitchy, but I didn't realize it was that serious. Three hours later, he put the gun in his mouth."

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Li, Liu. (Thursday, March 21, 2002) Eye spy: mini video cameras used to pry. China: China Daily.

http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2002-03-21/61903.html

http://www1.chinadaily.com.cn/news/cn/2002-03-21/62021.html

 

Eye spy: mini video cameras used to pry

(LIU LI)

03/21/2002

 

GUANGZHOU: Matters of privacy are in the spotlight following fears that a proliferation of micro video cameras are violating people's personal rights.

These cameras, which can be hidden from the eye easily, are selling like hot cakes in Guangzhou and Shenzhen of South China's Guangdong Province.

 

But members of the public and officials alike are concerned that the cameras could be used intrusively to spy on people's daily lives and expose their peccadilloes.

 

Micro video cameras gained notoriety after they were used clandestinely to film the affairs of female politician Qu Meifeng in Taiwan Province in December.

 

This video was then reproduced on to optical disks and sold in China, other Asian countries and even Europe.

 

At the Taojie electrical appliance shop at Jiangjundong in Guangzhou, at least 10 stalls are selling different types of micro-cameras from 100 yuan (US$12) to 3,000 yuan (US$360), without any special permission needed.

 

"I wholesaled more than 400 micro-cameras last month," a dealer told China Daily. He said his clients were not only local people, but also came from Hong Kong, Macao and mainland provinces.

 

"Most of the micro-cameras were bought by factories, shopping centres and supermarkets as precautions against theft," said another vendor surnamed Wang.

 

"But now many families also buy them and install them at their homes for the same purpose, as the price of pinhole cameras dropped from several thousand yuan to 100 yuan (US$12) in the latter half of last year," Wang said.

 

The seller admitted some people buy the cameras to supervise on their spouse's activities or for other reasons.

 

The dealer recommended a wireless camera which is able to receive signals within 1 kilometre.

 

The cameras were produced in Shenzhen using chips from Taiwan.

 

Micro-cameras were also found on sale at Guangzhou Haiyin Electrical Appliance Shop, where they were sold comparatively secretly, as well as the Saige, Huaqiang and Zhongdian markets in Shenzhen.

 

"There are still no relevant laws to supervise the sale of surveillance equipment," said Xin Guanghui, director of the economic inspection department under the provincial bureau of industry and commerce.

 

During the Fifth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress which ended last week in Beijing, deputy Weng Weiquan raised a motion which appealled for State legislation on secret filming to prevent violations of privacy.

 

"Residents feel unsafe as this method has been used to expose aspects of people's private lives," Weng noted.

 

According to Wu Yaoguang, an official with the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, the victim is able to claim for compensation according to prescription on the rights of fame and portrait included in the country's civil laws.

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Personal Review.

The seller admitted some people buy the cameras to supervise on their spouse's activities or for other reasons.

Residents feel unsafe as this method has been used to expose aspects of people's private lives

Refer the combined review given after article by Mitchell, Mark.

 

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“Thou belongest to That Which Is Undying, and not merely to time alone,” murmured the Sphinx, breaking its muteness at last. “Thou art eternal, and not merely of the vanishing flesh. The soul in man cannot be killed, cannot die. It waits, shroud-wrapped, in thy heart, as I waited, sand-wrapped, in thy world. Know thyself, O mortal! For there is One within thee, as in all men, that comes and stands at the bar and bears witness that there IS a God!

(Reference: Brunton, Paul. (1962) A Search in Secret Egypt. (17th Impression) London, UK: Rider & Company. Page: 35.)

Amen

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