Part of Boracay beach shut down after Chinese tourist buries soiled baby diaper in white sand
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/08/16
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(Screenshots from Facebook video)
In the video, which was first uploaded to Twitter, one Chinese woman in black can be seen aiding a female toddler in relieving herself in shallow water. Then the camera quickly pans to another Chinese woman in pink, who is taking a diaper in which the toddler had defecated and is digging a shallow grave for it in the beach's white sand.
The video quickly went viral on Twitter, gaining 20,000 retweets and 29,000 likes, while a Facebook version garnered 41,000 views, 585 likes, and 202 comments. In response to the video, Philippine Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, "we feel insulted with such discourtesy done in the beautiful island this administration recently rehabilitated with intense and collective efforts employed by various departments and agencies of the government," reported Inquirer.net.
A 100-meter square area was cordoned off from tourists by the Environment and Natural Resources Department to make way for a 72-hour cleanup. Natividad Bernardino, General Manager of the Boracay Inter-Agency Rehabilitation Management Group, told ABS-CBN News that people would be temporarily restricted from swimming in the area while, "we conduct a clean-up operation and locate where the diaper was buried. We are now digging in the area." [FULL STORY]