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Former China TV anchor wins libel case |
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Written by Arthur Jones
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Friday, 08 December 2006 |
SHANGHAI -- A former China Central Television anchorwoman has been
awarded 100,000 yuan ($12,500) in a defamation case against a newspaper
from the western city of Chongqing, in another example of China's
increasingly litigious media playing field.
The
Chongqing Commercial News ran a story claiming Wen Qing refused to
compensate the victim of a road accident, in which her car was involved.
A district court in Beijing ordered the newspaper to print an apology and pay the sum for Wen's mental anguish.
The number of defamation cases in China has risen dramatically over the past couple of years, many involving Internet sites.
Legal experts claim that the government uses defamation laws to control media outlets that criticize the Communist Party.
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