Star blamed for deadly gang fight

A Beijing rock star denied he was the mastermind behind a deadly fight involving hundreds of gangsters that left one person dead and several injured.

More than a year after his arrest, 45-year-old Zang Tianshuo appeared at Beijing second intermediate people's court yesterday, and said he was innocent of the organizing the 2003 brawl, the Beijing Evening News reported.

It's alleged the fight was linked to a business dispute between a bar co-owned by Zang and 44-year-old co-accused Lu Changchun and competitor Sun Baohe.