A family of four in Anlu City, Hubei Province, was publicly humiliated and paraded through the streets by police on February 14th for playing poker at home. Police also ordered them to publicly read out a “repentance” letter afterwards.
A video posted online shows the family standing in front of a government building, with a man holding the “repentance” letter and leading the other three family members in reading it word by word: “Our family of four played poker in our house this afternoon, which is in violation of the order not to gather or play poker during this emergency period. We were wrong!” After reading the statement, they were made to stand there for a long time, before being allowed to go home.
