Man jailed for spreading radiation rumours in China

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Man jailed for spreading radiation rumours in China

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Police in China jailed a man for 10 days and fined him 500 yuan for spreading rumours online.

22 March,2011 01:38 pm

Authorities in Zhejiang province arrested a computer company worker, Chen, for spread rumours that a blast at a quake-damaged Japanese nuclear plant had contaminated waters near Chinas eastern Shandong province.In the comments posted on March 15, Chen had urged people to spread the word about the radiation to family and friends, stockpile salt, and not consume products from the sea for a year.China has not found any abnormal signs of radiation following the damage at the Japanese nuclear plant, but it is checking imports of Japanese food for contamination.Chen told police he had come across the information on the Internet and transmitted it to friends and family without thinking.