Chinese woman refuses Beijing airport security check, claims to be foreigner
Traveller also cursed at airport staff, saying it was ‘common practice’ overseas, TV station reports
A woman has been placed in detention for 15 days for refusing to go through a physical security check at Beijing’s international airport while claiming to be a foreigner, according to a television report.
The woman is seen in surveillance footage refusing to let staff frisk her.
She told airport staff that she had not liked people touching her since she was a child, Beijing TV reported on Wednesday.
The staff persisted but the woman, whose full name was not given, started cursing at them.
She said that as a foreign citizen she had the freedom to curse others as it was a common practice overseas, the report said. She added that after her treatment she would never return to China.