Chinese hotel boss drives bulldozer at rival in row over customers

A hotel manager in northwest China has been put in detention for threatening a rival business executive and his family with a bulldozer, according to a news website report.

The man drove the machine at his rival in Haixi in Qinghai province , the China News Service reported.

The manager, who was not named, was placed in detention for 15 days and fined 1,000 yuan (HK$1,670) for disorderly conduct, according to the article.

Police were quoted as saying that the man got into a dispute with the manager of the other hotel over customers on Sunday night.

The dispute continued on Monday and the man found a bulldozer nearby and threatened his rival and his family while behind the wheel.