Man sues bank as he didn't get a note

Huang Naihai from Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Friday filed a lawsuit against the central bank for not issuing enough commemorative Olympic banknotes, the Nanjing-based Yangtze Evening Post reported yesterday.

Huang's lawyer mailed an indictment to the first intermediate people's court of Beijing. The retiree is the first person to sue the central bank over an issue affecting the public interest.

Huang said he was dissatisfied with the limited number of notes the central bank issued.