Freed man says he deserves more pay

A man who spent 15 years in prison in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for a series of sex attacks he did not commit said on Wednesday he feels that the compensation he is being offered is too low.

Zhou Yuan, 48, was convicted of 38 counts of sexual assault on females in 1997. He was released from prison in 2012 and exonerated on appeal in November due to "unclear and insufficient evidence".

On Tuesday, the Xinjiang High People's Court offered Zhou 1.91 million yuan ($303,890) in compensation as well as an official apology. However, he responded on Wednesday by saying he had talked with his lawyer and would likely reject the amount on offer.