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                 China Convicts Media Chief of Extortion, Fraud

   by VOA News

   A Chinese court has sentenced the former president of a major news
   organization to four years in prison after finding him guilty of
   extortion and fraud.

   A Shanghai court on Thursday found that Shen Hao, president of 21st
   Century Media Ltd. and publisher of the business daily 21st Century
   Business Herald, was guilty of extortion, bribery, and misappropriation
   of funds.

   State media said the court found that Shen demanded money from other
   businesses in exchange for reporting positive stories or covering up
   bad news.

   Another newspaper executive, Le Bing, was handed a two-year suspended
   sentence for extortion.

   Chinese President Xi Jinping has been conducting a broad campaign
   against corruption, targeting the media industry among others.
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