A 57-year-old Chinese woman named Zhang Yufen has caught the attention of international media after helping wronged wives collect evidence of their errant husbands' affairs.
German Press Agency DPA dubbed Zhang Yufen "China's number one ladies' detective" while the Washington Post has traced her affairs-hunting history.
Both reports cite a case in which Zhang unmasked a railway official who had 17 mistresses in different cities after his wife approached her in 2009.
Such efficiency has earned Zhang the nickname "mistress killer".
Comment:
(JA) Ping Guo shi (平国时) posted on Xinhuanet.com,
Well, getting the legitimate evidence needs several requirements. First, the way of getting it should be legal. Second, the evidence has to be subject to such formalities as prescribed by law. And third, the implementation of examination procedure is also needed. Otherwise, the evidence should not be regarded as legal. Private detectives have been banned in China since 1993 and what Zhang has done has violated the Chinese law.
(QD) Yi xin mu shi (依心慕诗) posted on Weibo,
I understand Zhang Yufen completely. Come on, according to a study by the People's University in Beijing, around 95 per cent of Party members investigated for corruption had at least one mistress. And Zhang Yufen herself is a victim of infidelity. Such people with such good deed should be protected by media rather than being exposed to public. How can she launch further hunting investigations on those men with extramarital affairs?
(LY) Chilamnsh tweeted on Weibo,
Why does Zhang love meddling in other people's affairs? A rich and powerful man can get a younger woman. It's called society, although it's immoral. Now Zhang's photo is released to public and what can she do?
(QD) Pumi posted on jinghua.cn,
Is she really a qualified detective? She is just an experienced extramarital affairs Chinese Dama (大妈) with hands-on experience. I think private detective services should probably be legalized and then standardized. We need professional private detectives like Sherlock Holmes.
(LY) Kao pu de xing929靠谱的xing929 tweeted on Weibo,
I'm just wondering are those German journalists' professionals? Why did they post Zhang's picture online? It's intruding on her privacy.
(JA) Yi ge ren bu ke neng Y (一个人不可能Y) wrote on Netease.com,
Judges have refused to recognize Zhang's revelations during divorce cases and on occasion evidence she gathered would mysteriously vanish after being submitted to the court. It's said that China is a paradise of extramarital affairs. It's time that our country promulgated laws to punish such misconduct.