Court publishes judgement in war heroes' reputation case

The Supreme People's Court on Friday highlighted a Beijing court ruling that an individual must apologize to the family of a group of deceased war heroes, for infringing the heroes' reputation and honor.

Hong Zhenkuai, former executive editor-in-chief of Beijing-based magazine "Yanhuang Chunqiu," was found to have tarnished the reputation and honor of "The Five Warriors of Mount Langyashan," who jumped off a cliff when fighting Japanese invaders during World War II.

On June 27, a court ordered Hong to apologize to the plaintiffs, Ge Changsheng and Song Fubao, who are sons of two of the men. The apology had to be made public in media outlets within three days, according to the verdict.

Since Hong failed to apologize as the court ruled, Xicheng District People's Court in Beijing published the content of the written judgement in a newspaper to fulfill the enforcement. Hong must pay the publishing fees. Endi