The legality of the “flash mob” movement

Flash mobs...

Flash mobs themselves are not illegal

However, organizing collective flash mobs is illegal according to Chinese law. It may involve an illegal assembly, which is a disturbance of public order. It's okay if nothing happens, but if something happens, the consequences are unimaginable

For flash mob activities, it is a kind of public gathering. Such gatherings need to be approved by relevant departments and must be held in designated places.

Unfortunately, according to the law, flash mobs do belong to a "marginal legal" situation

However, someone published the following log:

People of China* **Presidential Order of the People's Republic of China

No. 38

The "Public Security Management Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" has been adopted by the Tenth Session of the People's Republic of China Adopted at the 17th meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on August 28, 2005, it is hereby promulgated and shall come into effect on March 1, 2006.

Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China

August 28, 2005

Article 23 Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be given a warning Or a fine of not more than 200 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan:

(1) Disturbing the order of agencies, groups, enterprises, and institutions , causing work, production, business, medical care, teaching, and scientific research to be unable to proceed normally without causing serious losses;

(2) Disrupting stations, ports, docks, airports, shopping malls, parks, exhibition halls or other Disrupting order in public places;

(3) Disrupting order on public cars, trams, trains, ships, aircraft or other public means of transportation;

< p> (4) Illegal interception, forced boarding, or boarding of motor vehicles, ships, aircraft, and other means of transportation, affecting the normal operation of means of transportation;

(5) Disrupting the order of elections conducted in accordance with the law.

If a crowd is gathered to commit the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the ringleaders shall be detained for not less than ten days but not more than fifteen days, and may also be fined not more than one thousand yuan.

Let’s just talk about it, a few hundred of you were stationary for an entire hour or two in Red Army Street (red tourism public order), Guomao Plaza (shopping mall business order), etc., which has disrupted everyone’s normal life. The living order violates the provisions of Article 23, Paragraph 2, of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China

". Don't say that you have obtained approval from the relevant international trade departments. They have no such power. Only the Public Security Bureau has the authority to approve. Those who dare to try the law can continue. When something happens, don't say I didn't warn everyone.