Noise police powerless on loud sex, shoes
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 20 Police in Taiwan are getting growing numbers of complaints about noise, from loud sex to high-heel shoes clicking, but are powerless to do anything about it.The Taipei Times cited a most recent incident in which a university professor complained to his apartment building's janitor about near-constant, erratic clicking coming from a new neighbor in the apartment above.The janitor explained the young woman liked to wear high heels all the time, so the professor went to the police.He was told existing noise pollution laws only cover noises made by mechanical means, such as karaoke machines, the newspaper said.That also applied to a woman who complained about the loud moaning and bed-banging sounds she heard at all hours from an apartment next door, where two university students live.Taichung City Environmental Protection Bureau officials told the Times the only solution was to ask the building's management committee to get involved and work out a compromise.Copyright 2007 by UPI
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