The exploration of novel long lasting red phosphors is still of importance due to expected commercial applications and scientific interests. In this work, we reported the red long lasting phosphorescence(LLP) from Eu~(3+) doped BiOCl semiconductor polycrystals. The LLP property of the red phosphor is relatively weak due to less trap density, but the excitation band of LLP stems from the energy gap transition of semiconductor, offering experimental evidence for energy transfer between BiOCl semiconductor and Eu~(3+) ions. Although the afterglow duration of Eu~(3+) doped BiOCl was short temporarily, this work may open a novel kind of red LLP phosphors.