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Article: Chinese journalist association condemns "hush money" acts
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- October 31, 2008
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Chinese journalist association condemns "hush money" acts
BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The All-China Journalists
Association (ACJA) on Friday strongly condemned some self-
proclaimed "journalists" who had asked for hush money from a
colliery, following an accident which killed one miner.
"Those black sheep in journalistic circles asking for hush money
should be seriously dealt with," said an ACJA official.
"Journalists' legitimate rights should be effectively protected,"
he added.
The association's condemnation came as China started to probe
dozens of self-proclaimed "journalists" asking for hush money from
the Huobaoganhe coal mine in the northern province of Shanxi, the
country's ...