Staying in a hotel was suddenly taken away by the police.

Legal analysis: it is illegal for the police station to take people away before making a decision on public security punishment, depending on the significance and purpose of taking people away. If it is a summons or a forced summons, it should be legal.

Legal basis: Article 82 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment requires that those who violate public security administration be summoned for investigation. With the approval of the person in charge of the case-handling department of the public security organ, the summons card is used for summons. The people's police may summon an offender found on the spot who violates the administration of public security orally after producing his work certificate, but it shall be indicated in the inquiry record.

The public security organ shall inform the summoned person of the reasons and basis for summoning. A person who refuses to accept a summons or evades it without justifiable reasons may be summoned by force.