China Police ‘Summon 11 Over Stock Market Activities’
Posted: August 26, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, China, Economics | Tags: Agence France-Presse, China Securities Regulatory Commission, Communist Party of China, Eight Elders, Short (finance), SSE Composite Index, Stockmarkets, Xiao Gang, Xinhua News Agency Leave a comment
Shanghai (AFP) – Chinese police have summoned 11 people including a financial journalist to assist investigations related to illegal stock market activities, state media reported, as the government targets volatility on the exchanges.
The Chinese government launched an unprecedented rescue package as the stock market plummeted 30 percent from mid-June, which included a crackdown on short-selling and funding a state company to buy shares on its behalf.
Authorities have accused a Caijing magazine journalist of allegedly colluding with others to manufacture and spread false information on securities and futures trading, the official Xinhua news agency reported late Tuesday.
The magazine confirmed journalist Wang Xiaolu was subpoenaed by police but defended his actions.
Wang wrote a story in July saying the securities regulator was studying plans for government funds to exit the market.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) quickly denied the Caijing story and labelled it “irresponsible”.
But Caijing said it “defended journalists’ rights to do their duty under the law”, according to a statement posted on its website Wednesday….(read more)
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