May 26, 2014 07:30 PM

Legal Punches for Two Reporters' Sealed Lips

By staff reporter Wang Heyan

Mao Ouyang Kun

(Beijing) – Courts in the capital are mulling over what's being described as the first legal attack against the use of anonymous sources in news reports published by the Chinese media.

The charges leveled against the Guangzhou-based Southern Weekend newspaper and The Beijing News revolve around claims that in 2012 they printed articles defaming a trade group called the World Luxury Association and its chairman, Mao Ouyang Kun, also known as Ouyang Kun.

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