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Man jailed over sex harassment

A MANAGER of human resources for a company has become the first person jailed for sexual harassment in the workplace under anti-discriminatory laws introduced in China in early 2005. Liu Lun, who worked for an... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Jul 15 2008

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