DJ Hyper, real name Guy Hatfield, was arrested while DJing at an outdoor event in Hong Kong, after police discovered that he did not have a valid work permit. Actually, if his account is correct, it seems to have been a bit more dramatic than that.
He said: "I'd just started playing when 150 police showed up to shut down the party. I was asked to show my passport and because I didn't have an official work visa, was taken away with the promoters to the police station. I was locked up for the night, had all of my possessions confiscated and had to wait until midday the next day for a lawyer to turn up. I wasn't given water at one stage for nine hours. I was looking at three months inside on top of two months waiting for my case to come to court if they had followed through with the prosecution". Luckily he managed to get away with a day and a half before being released without charge.
Hatfield's band, Hyper (completed by producer John Ross and former Prodigy guitarist Jim Davies) release their new single, 'Centre Attraction', on 18 Aug.