Web Tsar in court for bribery

The Beijing police bureau's former Internet chief, involved in the largest ever national computer anti-virus industry scandal, stood trial at Beijing No 1 Intermediate Court yesterday for taking bribes of up to 14 million yuan.

Yu Bing, 40, was the former head of the division of public information network supervision from 2005 to 2008.

Yu was charged with corruption and accepting 4.2 million yuan in bribes from computer security firm Rising International Software Company Ltd to frame its competitor, Beijing Eastern Micro Point Info-Tech Company Ltd, with spreading computer viruses and threatening network security. He also illegally detained Tian Yakui, Micro Point's vice-president, for 11 months.