Travel writers produce their own punch line
Two Chinese travel writers involved in a mid-flight brawl have been ordered to leave the Philippines.
AFP reported that the pair, part of a media familiarisation tour group, were on a flight to the resort island of Cebu when they are alleged to have attempted to choke President Benigno Aquino’s brother-in-law, Eldon Cruz, who had asked them to be quieter.
The pair has been ordered not to return to the Philippines.
‘‘We welcome anyone who visits our country (but) we don’t need tourists who are rude, violent and ill-mannered,’’ said a Foreign Department official.
A Chinese embassy spokesman downplayed the incident, saying it was a ‘‘misunderstanding’’ and that both sides had settled the matter.
Ian Jarrett
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