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Professor denies libel for sex harassment claims

A former Peking University professor has denied charges of libel made against him by theuniversity and a campus restaurantwhich sued him for his claims that professors at the universityhad sexually harassed waitresses at the restaurant.

Zou Hengfua professor of economics at the university from 1998 until his dismissal in 2007,denied the claims during a hearing at Haidian District People's Court in Beijing on Monday.

He is accused of having damaged the image of the university and infringing its reputation.

Zou also faced accusations from Mengtaoyuan Restaurant on the university campusTherestaurant alleged that his micro-blog postings stating that waitresses had been sexuallyharassed by or traded sex with Peking University professors were "groundlessand havedamaged the restaurant's image and affected its business.

The university and the restaurant requested Zou delete the postings and issue public apologies.

Zou's attorney denied the chargessaying Zou had no intention of damaging the reputation of theuniversity and the restaurant.

"The comments by the defendant were mainly for supervisory purposes so that the PekingUniversity administration and the restaurant could reinforce management," said Zou's attorneyZhu Zhengfu.

Zou once wrote on his micro blog, "Except for Zou Hengfuthere are too many obscene men atPeking University."

Zou admitted he exaggerated the truth and rephrased his words in another posting on Aug 30,saying the scandal was limited to "a small number of professors in the university".

Peking University later formed an inquiry into Zou's allegations and requested his help in theinvestigationZou allegedly refused to cooperate before the university decided to file a lawsuitagainst him for libel in early September.

During the court hearingsattorneys for the university said Zou's postings have been repostedmore than 10,000 times and many of the comments were maliciously directed at the university.

The university's representative said the defendant was a former employee at the university andappeared to others to have very good knowledge of the universitymaking his allegations seemsmore trustworthy and causing more damage.

Zou's attorneyhoweverquestioned whether the university is legally the right party to file thelawsuitbecause "Zou only alleged that a few professors in the university were involved in thescandalIt should be those professors who file the lawsuitrather than the university."

The restaurant alleged that Zou's false accusations have caused 65 of its 68 female staff to quittheir jobs and also resulted in a decrease in the number of guests.

Jiang Langlanga spokesman for Peking Universitysaid the university had no further comment.

Zhu said his client only presented proof to the court of existing media reports regardingprofessors at the university involved in sex scandals.

He added Zou has proof of sex scandals involving more professorsbut decided not to presentthem to the court "so that the case would not evolve into a farce."

Zou did not appear in court on Mondayas Zhu said his "outspoken nature would not benefit himin the hearing".

The court said it will announce its verdict on another day.


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