Chinese man dies after friends leave him in hotel lobby after binge drinking
Man’s case the latest death in China caused by binge drinking and toasting at banquets
Nine people have been ordered to pay compensation after a friend they had been drinking excessively with in eastern China later died after they left him to recover in a hotel lobby, according to a website report.
The nine have been ordered to pay 610,000 yuan (US$96,000) in compensation to the family of the man, according to the video streaming website Pear Video.
The man, whose full name was not given, was left by his friends at a hotel in Jinhua in Zhejiang province on February 8 after drinking at a banquet, the report said.
Video footage shows the man so drunk he was unable to stand or sit up straight.
Two friends are shown trying to help him, but he was later left at the hotel lobby.
Chinese media reports suggested that the group had been drinking elsewhere and that the man was later dropped by car at the hotel.