AS IA / PAC IF IC Feb rua r y 16 , 2015 TH E A S IAN R EPOR T ER Page 5 Ch ina se i ze s to i le t pape r bea r ing image o f Hong Kong leade r B y D id i Tan g Th e A s s o c ia t ed P r e s s B Cou r t sen tence s Ko rean A i r nu t rage e xec to one yea r in p r i son B y Youk yun g L e e Th e A s s o c ia t ed P r e s s S EOUL , Sou th K o r ea — Th e in f l igh t tan t rum dubbed “nu t rag e ” ha s cu lm ina t ed in a on e -y ea r p r i son sen ten ce f o r K o r ean A i r h e i r e s s Ch o Hyun - ah , a hum i l ia t ing rebuke tha t on ly pa r t ia l ly qu e l l ed pub l i c ou t rag e a t the ex ce s se s o f S ou th K o r ea ’ s bu s in e s s e l i t e . Ch o , the daugh te r o f K o r ean A i r ’ s cha i rman , a ch i ev ed w o r ldw ide no to r ie ty a f t e r sh e o rd e r ed th e ch i e f f l igh t a t t endan t o f f a De cemb e r 5 f l igh t , f o r c ing i t t o r e tu rn t o th e ga t e a t John F . Kenn edy A i rp o r t in N ew Y o rk . H ead o f cab in se rv i ce f o r th e c ompany a t th e t im e o f th e in c id en t , Cho wa s ang e r ed sh e had b e en o f f e r ed ma cadam ia nu t s in a bag in s t ead o f on a d i sh . A h ea t ed and phy s i ca l con f ron ta t i on w i th m emb e r s o f th e c r ew in f i r s t c la s s en sued . A S e ou l cou r t sa id Cho , 40 , wa s gu i l ty o f f o r c ing a f l igh t t o change i t s rou te , ob s t ru c t ing th e f l igh t ’ s cap ta in in th e p e r f o rman ce o f h i s du t i e s , f o r c ing a c r ew m emb e r o f f a p lan e , and a s sau l t ing a c r ew m emb e r . I t f ound h e r n o t gu i l ty o f in te r fe r ing w i th a t ran sp o r t m in i s t ry inv e s t iga t ion in to the in c id en t . Ch o p l ead ed n o t gu i l ty and p r o s e cu to r s had ca l led f o r th r e e y ea r s in p r i s on . Ch o , in cu s tody s in ce D e c emb e r 30 , w ip ed away t ea r s w i th a t i s sue a s a le t te r exp r e s s ing h e r r em o r s e wa s r ead t o th e c ou r t by head judg e Oh S e ong -w o o . I t in c luded de ta i l s ab ou t h ow Ch o , on e o f th e r i ch e s t w om en in Sou th Ko rea wh o r egu la r ly f l ew f i r s t c la s s , wa s ad ju s t ing to the ba s i c cond i t i on s in p r i s on and r e f l e c t ing on h e r l i fe . “ I know my fau l t s and I ’m v e ry s o r ry , ” Ch o sa id in h e r l e t te r . Ch o ’ s h igh -and -m igh ty b ehav i o r , s o on ca l l ed nu t rag e , cau s ed an up roa r in S ou th K o r ea . Th e in c id en t wa s a l igh tn ing rod fo r ange r in a c oun t ry wh e r e th e e c on omy i s d om ina ted by fam i ly - run c ong l om e ra t e s kn own a s cha eb o ltha t o f ten a c t ab ov e th e law . Th e s en t en c ing d id n o t en t i re ly dou se tha t ou t rag e : On e y ea r in p r i s on i s a “b i t sh o r t , ” sa id Jo Young - sang , 24 . C o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 7 W IP ING AWAY CR IT IC ISM .H o n g K o n g D em o c r a t i c P a r t y v i c e c h a i rm a n L o K i n - h e i p o s e s w i t h r o l l s o f t o i l e t p a p e r a n d p a c k a g e s o f t i s - s u e p a p e r p r i n t e d w i t h u n f l a t t e r i n g im a g e s o f H o n g K o n g ’ s p r o -B e i j i n g c h i e f e x e c u t i v e L e u n g C h u n - y i n g , a t h i s o f f i c e i n H o n g K o n g . L o s a i d C h i n e s e a u t h o r i t i e s s e i z e d a b o u t 8 , 0 0 0 r o l l s o f t o i l e t p a p e r a n d a n o t h e r 2 0 , 0 0 0 p a c k a g e s o f t i s s u e s j u s t a h e a d o f L u n a r N ew Y e a r c e l e b r a t i o n s a t w h i c h t h e r o l l s w o u l d h a v e b e e n s o l d . ( A P P h o t o / K i n C h e u n g ) C i t ing th e n e ed t o p r o t e c t th e manu fa c tu r e r , L o d e c l in ed t o r ev ea l th e fa c t o ry ’ s nam e and sa id h e had n o in f o rma t i on on th e wh e r eab ou t s o f th e fa c t o ry own e r . “W e a r e w o r r i ed ab ou t wha t ha s happ en ed t o h im , ” L o sa id . R e c en t ca l l s t o Sh en zh en p o l i c e rang unan sw e r ed , and th e r e wa s n o o f f i c ia l r ep o r t ab ou t any s e i zu r e o f t o i l e t pap e r . L o sa id h e f ound th e a c t w o r r i s om e b e cau s e i t ind i ca t e s fu r th e r t igh t en ing by Ch in e s e au th o r i t i e s on f r e ed om o f sp e e ch , wh i ch i s gua ran t e ed in H ong K ong ’ s c on s t i tu t i on . “Many p r odu c t i on s in H ong K ong r e ly on th e ma in land . Th i s k ind o f t igh t en ing m ean s in th e fu tu r e i t w i l l b e m o r e d i f f i cu l t t o mak e p r odu c t s in th e ma in land , ” L o sa id . “ I t ’ s [a la rm ing ] f o r H ong K ong p e op l e tha t th ey k e ep supp r e s s ing f r e ed om in H ong K ong . W e w i l l b e c om e th e ma in land i f th i s k ind o f m o ck ing w i l l b e n o t a l l ow ed in H ong K ong . ” K i k koman bo t t le symbo l i ze s soy sauce in much o f wo r ld TOKYO (AP ) — I t ’ s a s imp l e g la s s b o t t l e w i th a r ed t op tha t ha s b e c om e a symb o l o f s oy sau c e in Japan and mu ch o f th e w o r ld . M o r e than ha l f a c en tu ry a f t e r i t s c r ea t i on , th e K ikk oman s oy sau c e b o t t l e r ema in s a fam i l ia r and c om f o r t ing shap e on r e s tau ran t and d in ing r o om tab l e s in many c oun t r i e s . Sum i Mu rayama , 71 , ha s pu r cha s ed s oy sau c e in th e b o t t l e s s in c e sh e op en ed a Japan e s e r e s tau - a d own t own r e s tau ran t l ik e th i s . ” ran t in T oky o 40 y ea r s ag o . Th e b o t t l e ’ s d e s ign e r , K en j i Ekuan , “Th e b e s t pa r t o f th e b o t t l e i s i t s i ed F eb rua ry 8 o f a h ea r t c ond i t i on sma r t r ed cap , wh i ch d o e sn ’ t d r ip , ” d t ag e 85 . Th e m onk - tu rn ed - indu s - sh e sa id . “ I t s s imp l i c i ty p e r f e c t ly f i t s a A P P h o t o /S h i z u o K am b a y a s h i ONE -YEAR LAYOVER .C h o H y u n - a h , c e n t e r , w h o w a s h e a d o f c a b i n s e r v i c e a t K o r e a n A i r a n d t h e o l d e s t c h i l d o f K o r e a n A i r c h a i rm a n C h o Y a n g - h o , s p e a k s t o t h e m e d i a i n t h i s D e c em b e r 1 2 , 2 0 1 4 f i l e p h o t o . T h e i n f l i g h t t a n t r um d u b b e d “ n u t r a g e ” h a s c u lm i n a t e d i n a o n e - y e a r p r i s o n s e n t e n c e f o r K o r e a n A i r h e i r e s s C h o . ( A P P h o t o / L e e J i n -m a n , F i l e ) E IJ ING — Au th o r i t i e s in s ou th e rn Ch ina hav e s e i z ed ab ou t 8 ,000 r o l l s o f t o i l e t pap e r and an o th e r 20 ,000 pa ckag e s o f t i s su e s c on ta in ing un f la t t e r ing imag e s o f H ong K ong ’ s p r o -B e i j ing ch i e f ex e cu t iv e , a c c o rd ing t o an o f f i c ia l o f th e sma l l p o l i t i ca l pa r ty tha t p la c ed th e o rd e r . Th e i t em s w e r e t o b e s o ld a t a ma rk e t in H ong K ong du r ing up c om ing Luna r N ew Y ea r c e l eb ra t i on s , sa id L o K in -h e i , a v i c e cha i rman o f th e H ong K ong D em o c ra t i c Pa r ty . Th e s e i zu r e cam e a f t e r H ong K ong wa s shak en by a ma s s iv e p r o -d em o c ra cy m ov em en t in wh i ch d em on - s t ra t o r s d emand ed g r ea t e r e l e c t o ra l f r e ed om than B e i j ing i s w i l l ing t o g ran t . Du r ing th e d em on s t ra t i on s , p r o t e s t e r s exp r e s s ed ang e r a t ch i e f ex e cu t iv e L eung Chun -y ing , ca l l ing h im a pupp e t o f B e i j ing and a sk ing h im t o s t ep d own . N o r ea s on wa s g iv en f o r th e s e i zu r e o f th e $12 ,900 w o r th o f g o od s in th e c i ty o f Sh en zh en , ou t s id e o f H ong K ong , L o sa id . “ I gu e s s ( th e Ch in e s e au th o r i t i e s ) d on ’ t l ik e p e op l e m o ck ing g ov e rnm en t o f f i c ia l s , e sp e c ia l ly h igh - rank ing g ov e rnm en t o f f i c ia l s , a f t e r th e m ov em en t . Th ey hav e b e c om e m o r e cau t i ou s ab ou t c r i t i c i sm s ab ou t th em , ” h e sa id . Th e pa r ty ’ s 4 ,000 r o l l s o f t o i l e t pap e r w i th L eung ’ s imag e s o ld ou t a t la s t y ea r ’ s s ea s ona l ma rk e t , and i t d e c id ed t o g e t m o r e th i s y ea r f r om a fa c t o ry in Sh en zh en , L o sa id . Th e imag e s o f L eung on th e n ov e l ty p r odu c t s a r e ca r t o on i sh and un f la t t e r ing . On e ha s h im b ea r ing tw o fang s , and an o th e r ha s th e w o rd “ ly ing ” on h i s f o r eh ead . Th e s i ck l e -and -hamm e r symb o l o f th e C ommun i s t Pa r ty o f Ch ina a l s o app ea r s on s om e p r odu c t s . Th e o rd e r wa s p la c ed und e r th e nam e o f a f r i end t o ob s cu r e th e pa r ty a s th e t ru e buy e r , and a l l c ommun i - ca t i on s w e r e d on e th r ough th e f r i end in s t ead o f th e pa r ty , L o sa id . t r ia l d e s ign e r had sa id h e wan t ed t o d e s ign a sma l l s oy sau c e b o t t l e tha t c ou ld b e u s ed c onv en i en t ly f o r b o th c o ok ing and s e rv ing b e cau s e o f ch i ld - h o od m em o r i e s o f h i s m o th e r p ou r ing sau c e f r om a h eavy ha l f -ga l l on b o t t l e in t o a tab l e t op d i sp en s e r . Ekuan a l s o d e s ign ed a Yamaha m o t o r cy c l e , h igh - sp e ed t ra in s , aud i o equ ipm en t , and c ompany l og o s . K ikk oman , th e w o r ld ’ s la rg e s t s oy sau c e b r ew e r , sa id th e b o t t l e h e lp ed b r ing i t s b rand ou t o f th e k i t ch en in t o r e s tau ran t s and d in ing r o om s . I t say s i t ha s s o ld 400 m i l l i on b o t t l e s a r ound th e w o r ld s in c e i t s c r ea t i on in 1961 . Pho tog raphe r say s pa s spo r t ta ken due to Sy r ia t r ip C o n t i n u e d f r om p a g e 3 M idd l e Ea s t i s impe ra t iv e , and p l edged “a l l po s s ib l e n on -m i l i ta ry suppo r t t o m od e ra t e I s lam i c na t ion s . ” Sug imo to sa id the pa s s - p o r t c on f i s ca t ion wa s an abu s e o f gove rnmen t pow e r and tha t he fea red s im i la r s t ep s m igh t be tak en aga in s t o the r jou rna l i s t s . “L o s ing my pa s sp o r t m ean s a lo s s o f my wo rk a s a f r e e lan ce pho tog raphe r . I f e e l my en t i re l i fe i s be ing d en i ed , ” he sa id , add ing tha t i t wou ld se t a “bad p r e c ed en t ” fo r in te r fe ren c e in th e wo rk o f jou rna l i s t s . In Japan , whe re con f o r - m i ty o f ten take s p re c e - d en c e ove r ind iv idua l i ty and ind iv idua l s a re ex - p e c t ed to a c t in l ine w i th na t i ona l in te re s t s , Sug i - m o t o ’ s ca se c rea ted l i t t l e pub l i c ou t c ry . B e t t e r h ea l th h e r e fo r you De l i ve r ing ph y s i ca l , beha vo r ia l hea l th and den ta l hea l th ca r e fo r o ve r 230 ,000 ch i ld r en , fam i l ie s and ind i v idua l s on the O r egon Hea l th P lan in the Po r t land T r i -Coun t y a r ea . To g e th e r w e a r e www .hea l thsha reo regon .o rg O lga Ka lama fon i Membe r Gu ide , Hea l th Sha re o f O regon