Hidden hotel cameras lead to arrests in China

Police in central China have detained a man who installed hidden cameras in several hotel rooms and another who claimed the devices were common in mainland hotels, amid growing public concerns over privacy outside the home.

A 42-year-old insurance company employee, surnamed Xie, was detained on Saturday night after at least five guest rooms at a low-budget hotel in Zhengzhou, Henan province, were revealed late last week to have been equipped with pinhole cameras, according to a statement from the city’s police bureau on Sunday.