Peking University takes whistle blower to court
By Li Qian |
September 1, 2012, Saturday
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PEKING University yesterday filed a lawsuit against a former professor who failed to provide conclusive evidence regarding an alleged sex scandal involving top school officials.
Last week, Zou Hengfu, a former professor of economics at the school, claimed in his microblog posts that his erstwhile colleagues had regularly sexually harassed hostesses at a restaurant they frequented.
Zou claimed that deans and directors would "always do that" after having meals at the Mengtaoyuan Restaurant, near the university hospital.
The posts, which have been widely circulated online, have greatly tarnished the image of the university, one of the top higher-education institutions in China, the school said.
"We have waited for Zou's evidence for so long but he still couldn't provide any details. His allegations greatly defamed our faculty and hurt the students. He distorted the truth, hid the facts and misled the media, which can never be tolerated," according to the statement issued by the university yesterday.
In his latest contact with the school on Wednesday, Zou just pointed to the corruption in the students union election and said he hadn't planned on offering any "major evidence" to the university. He also insisted that he had "massive important clues" but would only share them with the top Chinese discipline watchdog.
Zou, however, admitted to "exaggerating" some facts on Thursday.
"I meant only a handful of faculty behaved indecently. I always make overstatements, that's my style of speaking."
Last week, Zou Hengfu, a former professor of economics at the school, claimed in his microblog posts that his erstwhile colleagues had regularly sexually harassed hostesses at a restaurant they frequented.
Zou claimed that deans and directors would "always do that" after having meals at the Mengtaoyuan Restaurant, near the university hospital.
The posts, which have been widely circulated online, have greatly tarnished the image of the university, one of the top higher-education institutions in China, the school said.
"We have waited for Zou's evidence for so long but he still couldn't provide any details. His allegations greatly defamed our faculty and hurt the students. He distorted the truth, hid the facts and misled the media, which can never be tolerated," according to the statement issued by the university yesterday.
In his latest contact with the school on Wednesday, Zou just pointed to the corruption in the students union election and said he hadn't planned on offering any "major evidence" to the university. He also insisted that he had "massive important clues" but would only share them with the top Chinese discipline watchdog.
Zou, however, admitted to "exaggerating" some facts on Thursday.
"I meant only a handful of faculty behaved indecently. I always make overstatements, that's my style of speaking."
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