Recently, some netizens posted a video saying that in the parent-child bathing area of Yongzhou Dinosaur Water World in Hunan, a mother took a 5-year-old boy to take a bath and change clothes, and found that a camera was installed in the bathing room. On July 1, the staff of the scenic spot said that the parent-child shower room is exclusively for adult women and boys, mainly to protect the safety of children.
Picture/Screenshot of network video
Public video shows four cubicles inside the shower room, each with a white curtain at the door, and staff cleaning inside. Multiple images show the camera mounted on the ceiling in the parent-child shower, facing the shower area.
Picture/Public video footage
On July 1, a reporter from Jingshi Live contacted Ms. Yin, the person who shot the video. Ms. Yin introduced that the incident happened at 2 p.m. on June 29, she and her friends took a few children to play in the dinosaur water world, and under the guidance of the staff, they first went to the parent-child bathing area to change clothes, and waited until 7 o'clock in the evening, when they returned to the parent-child bathing area to take a bath and change clothes after playing, she suddenly looked up and found that there was a camera. "I didn't see a hint in the shower that this was a changing room for children and that adults were not allowed to change here. I was taking my 5-year-old son inside to take a shower and change clothes, and when I saw this camera, I was so scared that I immediately got dressed and ran out. ”
After the incident, Ms. Yin immediately contacted the staff and asked to see if the monitoring was in use. "When I saw that this surveillance was being recorded in real time, my heart was terrified, and my hands were shaking, which had a great impact on my body and mind." Ms. Yin said that the staff replied that the parent-child bathing area is for adults to accompany children, and adults should not change baths here. Ms. Yin believes that even though the parent-child bathing room is for children, it is a private place and the park should not be monitored.
Photo / Courtesy of the interviewee
Subsequently, the reporter of Jingshi live broadcast contacted Yongzhou Dinosaur Water World, and the person in charge of the scenic spot provided a picture to the reporter. The picture shows that a notice was posted at the door of the bathing area: this area belongs to the women's heterosexual parent-child dressing and bathing area, which is exclusively for female adults to accompany boys.
"The purpose of installing cameras in scenic spots is to protect minors. Our intentions are good, but parents think we are exposing privacy. The person in charge said.
At present, the police have intervened in the investigation.