Professor loses job over sexual harassment

Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has fired a professor after he was found to have sexually harassed female students and colleagues.

An investigation into the professor, Zhang Peng, was launched after the university received a complaint from a female student accusing him of sexually harassing her on April 8, according to a statement released by the university on Wednesday. The university said it received a complaint from a second female student on May 4.

After confirming the reports, investigators representing the school's Party committee recommended Zhang's suspension and took steps to revoke his credentials for teaching master's and doctoral students, the statement said.