Court accepts PKU's lawsuit against ex-professor
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September 8, 2012, Saturday
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A BEIJING court yesterday accepted a lawsuit filed by Peking University against a former professor who had alleged that some of the institute's faculty members and professors had regularly sexually harassed hostesses at a campus restaurant.
The PKU, one of China's top universities, sent an indictment against its former economics professor Zou Hengfu for infringement of its reputation, according to the people's court of Haidian District.
On August 21, Zou claimed on his Weibo account, a popular Chinese Twitter-like microblog, that some deans, directors and professors at the PKU had frequently sexually harassed waitresses while visiting the Mengtaoyuan Restaurant, located close to the university's hospital.
Zou has not revealed details to back his allegations, though the Weibo post sparked wide public criticism.
A PKU spokesman said on August 31 that the university's disciplinary authorities set up an investigation team on August 22 to look into the accusation. The probe showed none of the 68 restaurant employees who had been questioned said they or their colleagues had been harassed by PKU staff members or professors.
The spokesman said the investigation team had been unsuccessful in its attempts to contact Zou until August 29, when the team received phone calls and emails from Zou for the first time. But he did not provide any substantial evidence.
Zou, however, acknowledged on Weibo on August 30 that he had exaggerated the facts and narrowed the accused down to a minority number of faculty members.
The 50-year-old began work at the PKU in 1998 and was dismissed in 2007.
The PKU, one of China's top universities, sent an indictment against its former economics professor Zou Hengfu for infringement of its reputation, according to the people's court of Haidian District.
On August 21, Zou claimed on his Weibo account, a popular Chinese Twitter-like microblog, that some deans, directors and professors at the PKU had frequently sexually harassed waitresses while visiting the Mengtaoyuan Restaurant, located close to the university's hospital.
Zou has not revealed details to back his allegations, though the Weibo post sparked wide public criticism.
A PKU spokesman said on August 31 that the university's disciplinary authorities set up an investigation team on August 22 to look into the accusation. The probe showed none of the 68 restaurant employees who had been questioned said they or their colleagues had been harassed by PKU staff members or professors.
The spokesman said the investigation team had been unsuccessful in its attempts to contact Zou until August 29, when the team received phone calls and emails from Zou for the first time. But he did not provide any substantial evidence.
Zou, however, acknowledged on Weibo on August 30 that he had exaggerated the facts and narrowed the accused down to a minority number of faculty members.
The 50-year-old began work at the PKU in 1998 and was dismissed in 2007.
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