Backlash after trio filmed dancing in graveyard
Compiled by RAHIMY RAHIM, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

A MAN and two women drew flak online after uploading a video of them performing a dance to a Chinese New Year tune in front of a gravestone, reported China Press.

The 20-second video shows the three dancing to ChouXingChi, a parody of tunes from Stephen Chou films by a local group called Steady Gang, at a Chinese cemetery during Qing Ming (the tomb-sweeping festival).

Internet users criticised the trio for disrespecting their ancestors and the customs surrounding Qing Ming.

“Young people nowadays do not respect their forefathers. They have gone overboard,” one wrote.

Others, however, pointed out that an elderly person seen in the video appears to be smiling and entertained while watching the dance.

“It is not considered taboo as long as everyone is happy,” one Internet user said.

Qing Ming, which falls on April 4 this year, is a traditional Chinese festival devoted to remembering and honouring the deceased.

Families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean gravesites and make ritual offerings.

> A woman in China’s Chongqing province was arrested after throwing her three-year-old son out the window on the 22nd floor during a fight with her mother-in-law, reported Sin Chew Daily.

Video footage of the incident shows a woman throwing a young child out a broken window of an apartment, killing him.

Banan county police confirmed the incident at Yunan Boulevard. They arrested a 37-year-old woman, known only by her surname He.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
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A MAN and two women drew flak online after uploading a video of them performing a dance to a Chinese New Year tune in front of a gravestone, reported China Press.