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Chinese police have used facial recognition technology to locate and arrest a man who was among a crowd of 60,000 concert goers. The suspect, who has been identified only as Mr Ao, was attending a concert by pop star Jacky Cheung in Nanchang city last weekend when he was caught. Police said the 31-year-old, who was wanted for "economic crimes", was "shocked" when he was caught.
China has a huge surveillance network of over 170 million CCTV cameras.
Mr Ao was identified by cameras at the concert's ticket entrance, and apprehended by police after he had sat down with other concert goers. "The suspect looked completely caught by surprise when we took him away," police officer Li Jin told state news agency Xinhua.
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Chinese Police Arrest Man in a Crowd of 60,000 With the Aid of Facial Recognition Technology
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday April 14 2018, @04:33AM
PHENOMENAL job once again by law enforcement! China can be proud of them and should embrace them - without them, you don't have a country!
And trust me, our own law enforcement is working very hard too. With the most modern cyber. My State Department -- our highest law enforcement agency -- has the facial digital for 117 million Americans. And they're adding more all the time. Mostly, the ones with driver licenses. Hook that up to the Social Media and we'll be COOKING WITH GAS!!!