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BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese court on Sunday sentenced a reporter to a year in jail for faking a television story about cardboard-filled meat buns, state media reported, in a case that drew widespread attention to China's poor food safety record.
Zi Beijia, 28, pleaded guilty to charges of infringing on the reputation of a commodity during his trial at Beijing's No. 2 Intermediate Court, the official Xinhua News Agency said. He was sentenced to a year in jail and a fine of $132, it said.
Zi's buns story, reportedly shot with a hidden camera, alarmed people in China already worried about the nation's food safety and further hammered the country's reputation as an exporter. China has been under international scrutiny for problems in products ranging from pet food to toothpaste.
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