Jan 08, 2016 06:45 PM

Online Video Firm's Executives on Trial over Porn Profit Charges

By staff reporter Zhao Fuduo

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Wang Xin, CEO of Shenzhen Qvod Technology, speaks at his trial in a Beijing court on January 7

(Beijing) – Four executives of a company operating one of China's most popular video-sharing websites have gone on trial in the capital for allegedly profiting from pornography – a sign the government is still working to try to clean up the Internet.

Prosecutors in Haidian District People's Court on January 7 accused Wang Xin, CEO of Shenzhen Qvod Technology Co., and three other executives of knowingly providing Internet users with software that gave them access to pornography.