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    BEIJING, April.20 (Xinhuanet) -- A restaurant in southwestern China had been fined for offering to serve sushi on the bodies of near-naked women, a newspaper reported Monday, after advertisements for the meal sparked a rush of both indignation and curiosity. 

The "feast on a beauty's body" service was launched days ago by a sushi restaurant in Kunming, Yunnan Province.(sina.com)

    Health and industry authorities in the city of Kunming, Yunnan, fined the Yamato Wind Village restaurant, or the Chinese name of Hefengcun Huaishi restaurant, 2,000 yuan (US$240), the Beijing Daily Messenger newspaper reported.

    Authorities said the restaurant¡¯s action violated the law protecting women¡¯s rights, the law on advertising as well as the law on food sanitation. They also said the dinner was against Chinese moral standards and was humiliating for women.

    The health authorities banned the dinner before it was held early this month, saying that the women lacked required health certificates for restaurant employees and were improperly dressed.

    Some Kunming residents "were indignant, claiming it is humiliating to women," the China Daily reported at the time. "But others were curious and tempted to have a try."