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Beijing subway passengers asked to take 'security drink'
Subway workers in Beijing are asking passengers carrying bottled drinks to take a sip to prove they are not carrying banned liquids, according to reports on Friday.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:18 May 9, 2008
Beijing: Subway workers in Beijing are asking passengers carrying bottled drinks to take a sip to prove they are not carrying banned liquids, according to reports on Friday.
The latest security measure was a backup if "security equipment was unable to detect the content of the fluids in their bottles", the Beijing News said.
China has intensified security ahead of the Olympic Games and has introduced x-ray machines and sniffer dogs at subway stations to scan commuters' luggage.
"If people with ulterior motives wear perfume and carry bottled petrol, then the security machines may not be able to detect them," the paper quoted a commuter as saying.
Other commuters were less supportive. "In summer, there will be a lot of people carrying bottled water, but there are already so many subway commuters...If you make every person carrying a drink take a sip, it will just be chaotic," the paper quoted an unnamed woman as saying.
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