He had scratched
the Chinese words, 'Ding Jinhao was here' and the vandalism was uncovered by a
Weibo microblog user who visited the Egyptian temple on May 6 and posted it
online. Netizens hunted down the
perpetrator, 15-year-old Ding Jinhao, a middle school student in Nanjing. They
also hacked his school's website to shame him.
According to a report, they also hacked his school's website, forcing users to click on a
sign parodying Ding's graffiti on the ancient sandstone relic on the banks of
the Nile River, before entering.
"We want to
apologise to the Egyptian people and to people who have paid attention to this
case across China," Ding's mother said in Modern Express, a China
newspaper. They also said their son had
"cried all night" after learning of the cyber attacks, which prompted
them to issue the apology. However, what
their son has posted online does not seem apologetic.
Mr Wang Yang, one
of China's four vice premiers, condemned behaviours "talking loudly in
public places, jay-walking, spitting and wilfully carving characters on items
in scenic zones". He also lamented that some Chinese tourists overseas are harming the country's image.
Thank God the
damage to the temple has since been successfully removed by curators. What you guys think, do you vandalize too when you are abroad ?
