Eight held for media coverage extortion


SHANGHAI: Chinese police have detained eight people including the editor of a well-known business newspaper’s website for blackmailing dozens of listed companies over coverage, the state media reported.

Those held in the “huge” extortion case include the editor and deputy editor of the 21st Century Business Herald’s site and employees of two public relations firms, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday.

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