There are special religious police officers who are highly influential and patrol the busy streets every day, intervening whenever they find behaviour that is contrary to the teachings and rules, often in a brutal manner. Adult women were required to wear robes and veils when they stepped out of their homes, and those who violated these rules were reprimanded, detained, sentenced and flogged. The White Guards in Guangzhou were on the verge of catching up with the religious police.n/t:tw@xzzzjpl