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China charges former journalist Luo Changping over ‘insults’ about Korean war movie soldiers
- Luo will face criminal trial in Sanya accused of ‘defaming martyrs’, prosecutors say
- Defendant ‘admits wrongdoing’ in relation to The Battle at Lake Changjin comments
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Chinese authorities have charged a former investigative journalist over comments about a military-themed blockbuster movie, accusing him of defaming Chinese soldiers from the Korean war.
Prosecutors in the southern city of Sanya, Hainan province, announced late on Friday that Luo Changping, 41, would stand trial on criminal charges but did not say when the hearing would take place.
The prosecutors have also asked the court to find Luo liable for civil damages, citing the “adverse social impact” caused by his social media comments.
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“Publicly insulting and defaming martyrs on the internet is not only a serious infringement of their reputation and honour but also blatant opposition to and trampling on core socialist values and patriotism,” the prosecutors said.
Luo was detained in October two days after he posted comments online about soldiers depicted in The Battle at Lake Changjin, a movie based on a confrontation with US-led United Nations forces at Chosin Reservoir in the winter of 1950.
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He said the troops who died in the freezing temperatures in the movie were “stupid”.
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