Official loses post for his sound bite
By Chen Xin | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-11 07:45
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Zhang Chuanshi, a farmer in Changle, Fujian province, shows a bottle of medicine on Aug 8 that he carries with him to cure the throat disease he says resulted from pollution. A local enviroment bureau chief was fired for chastising a reporter who tried to interview him about the alleged pollution. Wei Peiquan / For China Daily |
XIAMEN, Fujian - A government official in East China's Fujian province has been suspended from his post because he chastised a reporter over the phone, local authorities said.
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