On May 22, 2013, the state-sponsored Yunnan Info Daily published an article entitled "Well-Known
Lawyer Reports He Was Stopped for Entering Hotel to Meet Friend for Being a 'Person of Interest'" (知名律师自曝成“重点” 进宾馆会友被挡门外). Some excerpts:
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Yesterday evening well-known lawyer Pu Zhiqiang publicized a "somewhat surprising" incident -- that he had been personally listed as a "person of interest," and was prevented from entering a Beijing hotel. According to the hotel, they were merely acting based on information associated with his personal identification card.These screenshots show that the news story was subsequently deleted from the Yunnan Information Daily web site, as well from another state-sponsored news web site, 21cn.com.
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According to Pu, when he provided [hotel security] with his ID card, they swiped it on a terminal which then stated he was a "person of interest," and refused to allow him entry into the hotel.
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Yesterday, the lobby manager for the Ruian Hotel said that his "hotel was somewhat special," and they did not admit anyone with a criminal record or any foreigners, and that if an ID card's information said someone was a person of interest, they could only base their decision on whether to allow entry on the content of the information displayed.
知名律师浦志强昨晚在微博公布了一件令其“颇为吃惊”的事情——自己被列为“重点人员”，进入北京一宾馆时行动受阻。对此，宾馆方面称，他们只是根据身份证验证信息行事。
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浦志强透露，他提供了身份证，对方用终端机刷了一下，告诉他属于“重点人员”，宾馆拒绝接待。
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瑞安宾馆大堂经理昨日称，其“酒店较特殊”，如果有犯罪记录或外籍人士，一律不接待，若身份证信息显示是重点人员，他们也只能根据信息显示的内容，来判定是否让其进入。
Original URLs:
- http://news.21cn.com/caiji/roll1/a/2013/0522/11/21792500.shtml
- http://news.ynxxb.com/content/2013-5/22/N10685303316.aspx
