According to captain Khayisile Zwane, police received complaints from the community about pornographic marketing materials in Mr Chuan’s shop.<\/p>\n
When the SAPS investigated, they found a variety of sex toys and chemical and herbal sex enhancers for both males and females.<\/p>\n
The shop was closed following Mr Chuan’s arrest.<\/p>\n
According to the municipality, there’s no law against adult shops, though by-laws stipulate that the business must be zoned for such purposes, following a formal application on which the council will have the final say.<\/p>\n
The nuisance by-laws presently state: “A person may not expose or exhibit any article or thing offensive to decency, unless prior permission of the Council is obtained with regard to potentially offensive items displayed in a shop or shop window”.<\/p>\n
It was the first arrest of its kind, and more arrests may be effected for similar transgressions by Chinese shop owners.<\/p>\n
The Middelburg Observer visited the Sanlam Centre and found a number of shops with similar products on display.<\/p>\n
During the visit, shop owners became very agitated with the Observer journalists who took pictures of the products.<\/p>\n
Some of the enhancers are wrapped in packaging that depicts a variety of pornographic scenes.<\/p>\n
Products include vaginal tightening soaps, soaps that improve blood flow to the penis for stronger erections and a wide variety of pills for lasting power.<\/p>\n
\u2022Dr Redge van Rensburg warned residents to rather steer clear of unknown chemical and herbal sex enhancers due to the fact that their ingredients aren’t regulated.<\/p>\n
He says that the big problem with unregulated enhancers is, that they could harmfully interfere with medications for legitimate health problems, with which weak erections are associated.<\/p>\n
Even scheduled and regulated erection pills like Cialis and Viagra could have disastrous consequences if not used as prescribed by a qualified doctor.<\/p>\n
Dr Van Rensburg says men should not be ashamed to look for help from doctors, and risk secondary health problems by trying out unregulated drugs and herbs.<\/p>\n
“My advice would be to stay away from these concoctions,” he told the Observer.<\/p>\n
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