China name and shamed 4 of it's nationals for singing national anthem in a disrespectful way at an airport in Thailand causing other passengers to behave irrationally.
Chinese authorities have named and shamed four travelers who expressed frustration at Bangkok airport for singing the Chinese national anthem with total disrespect.
The four tourists who arrived home were frustrated after their flight home was delayed for hours in Bangkok had constituted a public nuisance by acting irrationally. They had requested for compensation and started singing the national anthem in the departure lounge in a disturbing way.
The four were part of a group of Chinese tourists whose flight home had been delayed by eight hours.
A 57-second clip of the incident recorded on a mobile phone circulated widely on the Internet in China, prompting an investigation by the China National Tourism Administration, which said Saturday it had added their names to its list of those accused of "uncivilized behaviour."
The four "incited other travelers to disrespect public order in the airport, spoke and acted hysterically, seriously harmed the image of Chinese travelers abroad," the administration said in a statement.
Their names will remain on the list for between two and three years.
Numerous incidents of bad behaviour by Chinese tourists abroad, from fighting with air crews to defacing cultural artifacts, have drawn widespread derision in China. That prompted the administration last year to create the list, which now contains 11 names.
Others named and shamed have included a couple who poured instant noodles soaked in hot water onto flight attendant and made insults and threats in a dispute over seating. Another opened emergency doors on a domestic flight during a delay and still another had climbed onto statues of revolutionary heroes to have his photo taken.
See the video of the four singing below: