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Originally Posted by MichaelWinn
under current chiniese law the max the police can detain one for vice is 15 days, this is indeed a worry for those on singapore passports which is 15 days visa free, assume the police make sure you not exceed the 15 days to ensure you do not overstay in china which carries a huge fine nowadays
if one is unlucky to get caught in vice raid, best is you inform the china immigration department to enure you do not get punished for overstaying in case the police detention exceeds 15 days
in china always obey the visa rules and try not to test the system
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Michael,
Heard from him China can charge a foreigner by either going to trial (which means hiring a lawyer etc.) or paying a fine and get booted out of china with stamp on passport and information keyed into database. The penalty for vice related offences is six months to two years of hard prison time for both the girl and the customer.
Thus the police can either keep you lock up for the max of 15 days after which can either charge you and put you in jail for 6 mths to 2 years or ask you to get someone over to pay the fine (which means they can hold you longer than 15 days depending on how fast you can get your wife or parents or any other relative to pay the fine ..... meaning more than 15 days ..... or you can try your luck with them and most probably get locked up formally for a min. of 6 mths to a max. of 2 years in a formal prison.)