Parents of 17 -year -olds will have to pay thousands. The reason? A video in which teenagers urinated to the “Hot Pot” pan.
A Shanghai Court condemned two teenagers who urinated in a ‘hot can’the popular Hot soup boilers where meat or vegetable cooks on the table, paying a fine of over 255,000 euros.
According to the local news portal Shine, it will be the parents of these young people – both 17 years old – who will pay the fine, which ascends to 130,000 yuan (15.552 euros) for cleaning and replacing materials and another 2.07 million yuan (247.635 euros) for loss of billing, damage to reputation and legal expenses.
The company that operates the restaurant where the facts occurred, The popular Haidilao chain initially complained up to 23 million yuan (2.8 million euros).
After the video became viral on Chinese social networks, the Shanghai police stopped teenagers, nicknamed Tang and Wu.
The Court considered that both “committed deliberate acts that affected both the property and reputation ”of the restaurant affected and that they consciously allowed video to circulate on social networks, despite its likely social impact. ”
In addition, he stated that the accused were “able to understand the illegality of their actions and the consequences of the complaint,” adding that parents “had deceived their obligation to supervise them.”
“Hot Pot” is part of Chinese culture, and has become tendency around the world through social networks. It described the concept of cooking vegetables and flesh in broth to boil as “a dining experience of sharing, where families and friends gather around Hot Pot to share stories and a meal.”
