3名游客长城刻字被拘

Tourists detained for scrawling 

3名游客长城刻字被拘 

Three tourists who scrawled on the wall of Badaling Great Wall in Yanqing district, Beijing Sunday afternoon, have been detained and fined according to the Law of the People's Republic of China on Penalties for Administration of Public Security, Yanqing police announced on Monday. 

3月22日，延庆警方发布公告表示，已根据《中华人民共和国治安管理处罚法》相关规定，对3月21日下午在八达岭长城墙体刻字的三名游客作出行政拘留并处罚款的处罚。 

A video clip circulating online shows three tourists, two women and a man, scrawling on the Badaling section of the Great Wall, a world-renowned scenic spot and the nation's key cultural relic protection site, at about 1 pm on Sunday. 

网上流传的视频片段显示，3月21日下午一点左右，三名游客（两女一男）在八达岭长城的墙体上进行刻划。八达岭长城是国家重点文物保护单位，也是世界著名景区。

According to an announcement by the Badaling Great Wall management department, a preliminary judgment of the investigation shows the tourists used keys, wires or other objects with sharp points to scrawl their names on the wall. 

根据八达岭长城管理部门的公告，经调查初步判断，游客使用的刻划工具为钥匙、铁丝或其他尖利物品，刻划内容为游客姓名。

According to the law, behaviors of carving, scrawling or any other measures to damage cultural relics and places of historic interest under state's protection on purpose will result in warnings or fines of no more than 200 yuan. In serious circumstances, the offenders shall be detained for five to 10 days and fined between 200 yuan and 500 yuan. 

根据法律规定，以刻划、涂污或者以其他方式故意损坏国家保护的文物、名胜古迹的，处警告或者200元以下罚款；情节较重的，处5日以上10日以下拘留，并处200元以上500元以下罚款。