Police detain 4 over viral Uniqlo sex video
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Four people suspected of spreading a video of a couple having sex in a Uniqlo fitting room have been detained, Beijing police said yesterday.
A 19-year-old man surnamed Sun, from Qiqihar, northeast ChinaÕs Heilongjiang Province, was suspected of having posted the sex video at Weibo, a major microblogging platform, while the other three were suspected of spreading obscene information.
Police said they were still investigating the couple who had told them they had filmed themselves having sex at the store in Sanlitun, a popular shopping district in the capital, in April.
Police were told the video was leaked after they sent it to a friend via the WeChat messaging service.
The woman in the video is said to be a college student while the man has a full-time job, police said, without giving further details.
The clip rapidly spread online on Weibo and WeChat, and scores of people began taking selfies outside the outlet, some mimicking the poses they had seen in the footage.
Police took the couple in for questioning last Wednesday, just hours after the video went viral, according to Beijing Television.
ÒFive people were taken away by police including the man and woman who played the main role,Ó the channel said in its report. It added: ÒThe police investigation has two main parts: who published this unsavory video, and was it an example of hype by the business.Ó
Uniqlo said yesterday that none of its staff was under investigation, and it denied online claims that the video was a publicity stunt.
ÒWe hope the police will clarify the incident as soon as possible, and we reserve the right to sue those who falsely claimed that it was our marketing gimmick,Ó its statement said.
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