This case is the first case in the country involving the dissemination of obscene materials for profit on an online live broadcast platform supervised by the National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Affairs Office and the Ministry of Public Security. It has been reported by the People's Daily, CCTV's "Society and Law" column and other media , was called the "Eel Gate" incident by netizens.
Recently, the Procuratorate of Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province prosecuted 23 defendants in the "Eel Gate" incident on suspicion of distributing obscene materials for profit. The Zhuji City Court sentenced them to fixed-term imprisonment of less than ten years in accordance with the law in the first instance. After trial, the court held that these 23 defendants disseminated obscene materials for the purpose of making profits and should all be held criminally responsible for the crime of disseminating obscene materials for profit, and some of them were the same crime. After trial, the court determined all the criminal facts accused by the Zhuji City Procuratorate, comprehensively considered the defendant’s criminal facts, circumstances, social harm, confession and repentance and other factors, and made a sentence ranging from three years to ten years in prison in accordance with the law. Qiqi, the female anchor of the eel scandal, was also among those sentenced. She was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison and fined 50,000 yuan for distributing obscene materials for profit.
The cause of the incident is that one day in March 2017, a boss asked to see the "Eel Show" and gave him a big red envelope. The heroine Qiqi thought that they were all VIP customers, so she We set up a group to perform, but unexpectedly, someone actually posted a screenshot of the video online, which instantly caused a huge controversy and had a negative impact.
On May 4, 2017, the female anchor Qiqi involved in the case was criminally detained by the Zhuji Municipal Public Security Bureau in accordance with the law. On June 10, 2017, she was arrested by the Zhuji Municipal Procuratorate in accordance with the law, along with other persons involved in the case. take.
Since the National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Affairs Office reported the phased progress of the special rectification work on illegal and illegal online live broadcast platforms in late May, the relevant member units of the National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Affairs Working Group have been the Ministry of Culture, the State Cyberspace Administration of China, and the Information The State Administration of Press, Radio, Film and Television and others have taken further measures to control the chaos of online live broadcasts and strengthen the standardized management of online live broadcast platforms.
Legal basis:
"Public Security Management Punishment Law"
Article 66: Those who engage in prostitution or whoring shall be detained for not less than ten days but not more than fifteen days. A fine of not more than 5,000 yuan may be imposed; if the circumstances are relatively minor, the offender shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan.
Anyone soliciting prostitution in a public place shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan.