Woman under fire in China’s latest ‘seat robber’ saga on train
In the latest in a series of rail arguments over seating, passengers get a soaking after filming the incident on a train from Shanghai
A woman who threw water at her fellow train passengers has apologised after the conductor intervened in the latest row over seating to flare up on China’s railways.
Witnesses travelling from Shanghai to Fuyang, Anhui province in northwest China on Sunday night told Beijing Youth Daily that the woman remained silent when she was asked to move by the rightful owner of her seat.
Thinking there might be a language barrier, she was asked again, in English, to leave the seat but still did not respond.
A conductor was called and the woman told him “I don’t care”, refusing even to show her ticket when asked.
The woman became emotional when onlookers began shooting video of her with their phones and shouted at them in Chinese, “Don’t shoot. Didn’t you hear me saying not to shoot?”
Another passenger’s voice can be heard in one video saying, “It is popular these days to occupy another’s seat, even for a foreigner.”
The woman reacted by throwing water at the man holding the camera, twice within a few seconds, just before the video clip shows a chaotic scene with wet shoes and trousers.