3名遊客長城刻字被拘

Tourists detained for scrawling

3名遊客長城刻字被拘

Three tourists who scrawled on the wall of Badaling Great Wall in Yanqing district, Beijing Sunday afternoon, have been detained and fined according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on Penalties for Administration of Public Security, Yanqing police announced on Monday.

3月22日，延慶警方發佈公告表示，已根據《中華人民共和國治安管理處罰法》相關規定，對3月21日下午在八達嶺長城牆體刻字的三名遊客作出行政拘留並處罰款的處罰。

A video clip circulating online shows three tourists, two women and a man, scrawling on the Badaling section of the Great Wall, a world-renowned scenic spot and the nation's key cultural relic protection site, at about 1 pm on Sunday.

網上流傳的視頻片段顯示，3月21日下午一點左右，三名遊客（兩女一男）在八達嶺長城的牆體上進行刻劃。八達嶺長城是國家重點文物保護單位，也是世界著名景區。

According to an announcement by the Badaling Great Wall management department, a preliminary judgment of the investigation shows the tourists used keys, wires or other objects with sharp points to scrawl their names on the wall.

根據八達嶺長城管理部門的公告，經調查初步判斷，遊客使用的刻劃工具爲鑰匙、鐵絲或其他尖利物品，刻劃內容爲遊客姓名。

According to the law, behaviors of carving, scrawling or any other measures to damage cultural relics and places of historic interest under state's protection on purpose will result in warnings or fines of no more than 200 yuan. In serious circumstances, the offenders shall be detained for five to 10 days and fined between 200 yuan and 500 yuan.

根據法律規定，以刻劃、塗污或者以其他方式故意損壞國家保護的文物、名勝古蹟的，處警告或者200元以下罰款；情節較重的，處5日以上10日以下拘留，並處200元以上500元以下罰款。