Ding Jinhao engraving scandal

[1] [2] On May 24, 2013, a verified Weibo user, Mr. Shen, posted a picture of the vandalised engraving with the letters "Ding Jinhao was here" etched in Chinese at the Luxor Temple in Luxor, Egypt.

[3] On May 25, 2013, a Chinese netizen unearthed personal information pertaining to Ding Jinhao through the Human flesh search engine and posted it to Weibo.

[5] On May 26, the website of Ding's school was hacked by vigilante netizens and defaced with a pop-up window on the website mimicking Ding Jinhao's vandalism.

Ding Jinhao's engraving at the temple site was removed on the same day.

[6] According to the Egyptian Protection of cultural relics law, the posting of advertisements and posters at the heritage, writing, engraving, or smudging of cultural relics at heritage sites is prohibited and punishable by a jail term of three months up to a year in prison, and fine of E£100 to E£500 (US$2.05–10.26).

The affected engraving at the Luxor Temple in March 2011, 2 years before the incident took place.