Police punished over hugging fine

[Foxy Brown]

Three police officers in Hunan Province have been punished after they fined a couple 5,000 yuan (US$662) for hugging in a public area, the Beijing News reported today.

[StreakInTheSky]

holy shit that's a lot for hugging. Imagine if they were one of those people with the "free hugs" sign

good thing the money was returned

[schol3s]

next they will be catching couple holding hands....

[bokunosonzai]

I won't be surprised if they did that actually .

[Jupibell140]

It seems like society is getting more and more jumpy over people interaction. At my school they're enforcing a rule to where you can't even touch one another unless you really can't help it (like bumping each other in the hallways). It's ridiculous.

However, I think in this case the police were just desperate to meet their deadline or whatever they do.