Legal basis: Article 62 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
When the public security organ carries out detention in different places, it shall notify the public security organ where the detainee is located, and the public security organ where the detainee is located shall cooperate.
Article 64
After detention, the organ that decides to detain shall notify the family members of the detained person or their units within 24 hours of the reasons and places of detention, unless it hinders the investigation or cannot be notified.
Can administrative detention be done without notifying family members?
Administrative detention cannot be carried out without informing family members. If a person is detained, the public security organ shall notify his family members. If it is decided to give administrative detention according to the law, the family members of the punished person shall be informed in time. Administrative detention can be notified directly if the family members are on the scene; If the family members are not on the scene, law enforcement officers can notify the family members by SMS, fax, local telephone, etc.