NZ Attempts To Crack Down on Crimnals

The New Zealand Herald will report tomorrow that a call to register prepaid cards to reduce criminal activity by the police has been deemed an “unnecessary intrusion into people's lives,” by Auckland Council for Civil Liberties president Barry Wilson. According to Wilson,

“this was not just a case where only criminals would have something to fear from being registered. Cellphones are lost or stolen so often, and they are also passed on or sold at garage sales on a regular basis," Mr Wilson said. "If people who end up with the phones then use it for criminal activity the original registered owner can get caught up in a police inquiry and that can be very stressful."
Mr Wilson wondered if such a register would require anyone who sells or hands a phone on to go through paperwork similar to that needed for vehicles."That would just require another level of bureaucracy, and it would be yet another intrusion on people's privacy."

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Prepaid Card for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

Bank of China, one of the largest banking institutions in China, announced in this press release, that they are issuing the Great Wall Prepaid Card. The bank is the exclusive banking partner of the Bejing 2008 Olympic games, and was the first institution authorized for this type of prepaid card that will specifically remove payment barriers for visitors from around the globe. The card will be issued from July 25 till the end of the games, and will be available at all BOC branches in Beijing. The Great Wall prepaid card will be offered in various RMB denominations and will be in accordance with China Union pay, the supplier of the banking transaction platform in China.

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