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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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:41AM
They went the long way. Could have used his "smart" phone to track him, that is what its there for, isn't it?
Anyway, China isn't anywhere near saturation when it comes to CCTV cameras. They have over a billion people. These same CCTV cameras will eventually be installed in your country (that is the jewish plan) to track you too.