Newspaper offers apology after detained journalist's confession
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word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="previously">previously</span> <span word="printed">printed</span> <span word="editorials">editorials</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="page">page</span> <span word="appealing">appealing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Hunan">Hunan</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="Chen">Chen</span> <span word="Yongzhou">Yongzhou</span>, <span word="stating">stating</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="wrongdoing">wrongdoing</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="U">U</span>-<span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span 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word="engineering">engineering</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Changsha">Changsha</span>, <span word="Hunan">Hunan</span> <span word="province">province</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="apology">apology</span>, <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Express">Express</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="failed">failed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="properly">properly</span> <span word="review">review</span> <span word="Chen">Chen</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="articles">articles</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="publication">publication</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="harm">harm</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="trust">trust</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="media">media</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="taught">taught</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="profound">profound</span> <span word="lesson">lesson</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="editorial">editorial</span> <span word="read">read</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="added">added</span>, "<span word="We">We</span>'<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="publication">publication</span> <span word="process">process</span>, <span word="ask">ask</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="respect">respect</span> <span word="facts">facts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="laws">laws</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="abide">abide</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="journalist">journalist</span> <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="requirements">requirements</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ethics">ethics</span>."</p><p><span word="Chen">Chen</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="custody">custody</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Guangzhou">Guangzhou</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Oct">Oct</span> 18 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="damaging">damaging</span> <span word="Zoomlion">Zoomlion</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="reputation">reputation</span>.</p><p><span word="China">China</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="unable">unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="contact">contact</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="lawyer">lawyer</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CCTV">CCTV</span> <span word="report">report</span>, <span word="the">the</span> 27-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="delivered">delivered</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="confession">confession</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Changsha">Changsha</span> <span word="No">No</span> 1 <span word="Detention">Detention</span> <span word="Center">Center</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="admitted">admitted</span> <span word="posting">posting</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 10 <span word="unverified">unverified</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="losses">losses</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="assets">assets</span> , <span word="abnormal">abnormal</span> <span word="sales">sales</span> <span word="practices">practices</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="false">false</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="reporting">reporting</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="September">September</span> 2017 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="August">August</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p>
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