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China investor attacks paper’s suspension

By Mure Dickie in Beijing

Published: September 25 2008 16:31 | Last updated: September 25 2008 16:31

A high-profile Chinese media investor has condemned as an “abuse of power” the local authorities’ temporary closure of a widely read business weekly that reported on alleged mishandling of problem assets at one of the country’s biggest state banks.

Bruno Wu, head of the privately invested Sun Media group, insisted on Thursday that authorities in northern Inner Mongolia should rescind a three-month suspension order against the China Business Post.

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