January 22, 2008
China. Kissing couple to sue metro over video
A couple videotaped kissing and hugging at a metro station is to sue the Shanghai Metro Co for allowing the video to be broadcast on the Internet, China Daily reported today.
The three-minute video of the couple in their 20s was shot in September and uploaded to YouTube and Ku6.com last week. Within two days, it received more than 15,000 hits, the newspaper said.
A "mocking" voice can be heard in the background of the video. It has "extremely embarrassed" the couple, the newspaper report said.
The man recently resigned from his job after receiving calls from relatives and friends. "Now, every time I walk into a metro station, I feel very uncomfortable," he said.
"We think employees of the metro station taped us illegally and made negative comments."
The couple has decided to sue and a lawyer has been engaged. "This has to do with the protection of the legal rights of all passengers traveling on metro trains in Shanghai, and not simply our own interests and damage it has done to us," the man said.
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