Media punished for illegal practices

Editor behind bars for accepting bribes

A website editor was handed a six-year prison term by Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court for accepting bribes of more than 190,000 yuan ($31,148) to delete negative posts for firms, Beijing Times reported. The editor, surnamed Wang, 31, started his job at the Beijing branch of a website company in late 2007. He began taking bribes in February 2012.