Chinese NYT employee appeals conviction
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A New York Times researcher sentenced by a Chinese court to three years in prison on a fraud charge appealed his conviction Tuesday, his lawyer said.
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(InfoWorld) - The subcontractor accused of mistreating workers at an iPod factory in China dropped its libel suit against two reporters and the news organization they work for in Shanghai. Hong Fujin Precision Industry Co., the largest exporter of IT products in China, withdrew the libel suit on Sunday, according to a statement. TheÂ lawsuit sought damagesÂ of 1 renminbi ($0.13) from the two reporters and the China Business News, over a June 15 story that allegedÂ employees were worked so hardÂ at the iPod factory that three women passed out on the production line. The dismissal of the suit comes just days after press freedom group, Reporters Without Borders, asked the head of Apple ComputerÂ to step in and mediate the disagreement. It also follows a Saturday report by the Xinhua News Agency that the Chinese government ordered Hong Fujin to allow its workers set up a trade union that would be affiliated with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU). "The two sides have apologized for any difficulties created by this matter and agreed to work hand in hand to build a harmonious society and promote the hard work and rights of workers," Hong Fujin and China Business News said in a joint statement posted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The statement was posted by Hong Fujin's Taiwanese parent company, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. The companies operate under the trade name, Foxconn Technology Group. Hong Fujin declined to comment further on the matter. Reporters Without Borders said Apple worked behind the scenes to resolve issue. The computer maker could not immediately be reached for comment. Hong Fujin had sought redress through the defamation lawsuit after a whirlwind of bad publicity over allegations that it treated workers poorly. The China Business News story was one of many to follow in the wake of an article by the British newspaper Mail on Sunday alleging long hours, low pay and poor working conditions at the Longhua, China, site., which produces iPods as well as other IT products. Apple Computer investigated the claims, and found Hong Fujin in compliance with the majority of its requirements despite several violations of the company's supplier code of conduct, including unsatisfactory living and transportation conditions for workers. Hong Fujin is building new dormitories for workers and seeking ways to improve the way it busses employees from factories to dormitories.
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China should not punish people for expressing their political views on the Internet, Yahoo! Inc. said Monday, a day after the mother of a Chinese reporter announced she was suing the U.S. company for helping officials imprison her son.
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Business & money: Fallen media tycoon's lawyers fail to convince US judge to allow him to remain at liberty while appeal against conviction is heard
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A Chinese court on Friday upheld a  guilty verdict against a Hong Kong-based Singapore newspaper  reporter who was sentenced to prison for five years for  espionage, state media and his family said.
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The Irish News appeals a ruling it must pay Â£25,000 to a restaurant owner for a 'defamatory' review.
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The case, along with the detention of a Chinese researcher for The New York Times, has prompted international concern about ChinaÂs crackdown on press freedom.
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BEIJING, Feb. 14 -- An activist who helped organize a petition complaining that Chinese want "human rights, not the Olympics" will be tried for inciting subversion against the state, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Martha Stewart is urging an appeals  court to overturn her conviction because she was "tarred" by  prosecutors' implications she committed the uncharged crime of  insider trading, according to court papers made public on  Thursday.
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Walter A. Forbes was denied release pending an appeal of his conviction in a case over one of corporate Americaâs biggest accounting scandals.
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A Chinese researcher for The New York Times who was detained on charges of violating state secrets laws and later convicted of fraud was released Saturday after serving a 3-year prison sentence.
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HONG KONG - The relatives and political colleagues of a Hong Kong democracy activist jailed in China for soliciting a prostitute yesterday called on the Chinese authorities to release him on medical grounds, a colleague said.
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BEIJING, Dec. 1 -- The three-year fraud sentence of a Beijing-based researcher for the New York Times was upheld by Beijing's High Court on Friday, the only remaining charge against him after a more serious accusation of leaking state secrets was dismissed in August.
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China should not punish people for expressing their political views on the Internet, Yahoo Inc. said Monday, a day after the mother of a Chinese reporter announced she was suing the U.S. company for helping officials imprison her son.
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The government urged a federal appeals court to uphold the conviction of Martha Stewart, arguing that "overwhelming evidence" supported the guilty verdict against the celebrity homemaker.
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BEIJING, Dec. 1 -- The controversial four-year, three-month prison sentence given to a blind legal activist for disrupting traffic and damaging property was upheld by a Chinese court Friday morning and immediately condemned by the activist's attorneys.
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A Chinese court on Friday rejected the  appeal of a Chinese researcher for the New York Times and  upheld a three-year prison sentence handed down for fraud, his  lawyer said.