a crackdown began in neighbouring guangdong province on the manufacturing, selling and spreading the cd-roms of the celebrity photos, which sold "like hotcakes" in shenzhen. police arrested 10 people suspected of the production in shenzhen. police in beijing announced on 21 february that it would act to stop the circulation of the photographs. officials declared that showing the photos to friends or posting them on blogs or online forums, even without profit motive, could be punishable by detention for up to 15 days; transmission of more than 200 of the photos as a package on the internet would be met with criminal prosecution.