Story highlights A Chinese court published personal details of 50 individuals and four companies who dodged fines

The amount of outstanding fines listed are up to $4.5 million

The "wall of shame" will run for two weeks or until the debtors have settled their fines

Hong Kong (CNN) In a modern twist of public square shaming, a Chinese court has blazoned the names and offenses of 50 individuals and four companies that have dodged paying fines.

Their photos and personal details have been splashed across a giant electronic screen outside a major train station in Changsha city in China's southern province, Hunan.

Curious onlookers and commuters gathered outside the bustling train station as a series of individual headshots, identity numbers, their offenses and amounts of outstanding court fines rolled across a massive electronic billboard, one after the other, as shown on Chinese state television

Instead of flashing ads, it serves as a public "wall of shame" for those that failed to pay court-ordered fines for violating property disclosure laws, disobeying court orders or failing to respond to subpoenas.

The amount of outstanding fines range from 10,000 yuan ($1,600) up to 29 million yuan ($4.5 million).

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