Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Chinese couple to sue subway over leaked kiss video

A Chinese couple filmed kissing on a subway platform are suing the train operator after the video was uploaded to YouTube and watched by thousands.

The three-minute film of the couple, in their 20s, was taken in September and uploaded to YouTube and Chinese video-sharing websites last week.



An unnamed man in the video said the couple had hired a lawyer in the interests "of all passengers travelling on metro trains in Shanghai", adding: "Now, every time I walk into a metro station, I feel uncomfortable."

The subway's operator, Shanghai Metro Operation Co Ltd, was investigating and had promised "severe punishment" if employees were found to have misused the video.

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