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posted by takyon on Saturday April 14 2018, @03:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the where's-my-mask? dept.

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.

Also at The Washington Post.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @12:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @12:44PM (#666904)

    Thinking about this more. What are they going for with "the suspect was shocked when he was caught"? If they are trying to optimize for how shocked people are to be arrested isn't this actually going to lead to more incorrect arrests? I don't get it.