Many journalists have been accused, and I am no exception.

16 to 17 years ago, there were many cases of violating the Tobacco and Alcohol Control Law, especially the violation of Article 37 of the Tobacco and Alcohol Control Law. Alcohol advertisements or promotions must be marked with warnings such as "excessive drinking, harmful to health". Failure to do so can lead to fines. 100,000 to 600,000 yuan (the law was revised later, and now it is a fine of 30,000 to 500,000 yuan). Another is that alcohol is not allowed to be sold on the Internet, because "the sale or transfer of alcohol shall not be done in vending machines, mail order, electronic shopping or other methods that cannot identify the age of the purchaser or transferee." This can be fined from 1 to 5 million.

At that time, the whistleblower could get 20% of the bonus. Many small shops did not know this regulation. They sold alcohol on the Internet without adding warnings, and they were fined for violating two laws at a time.

While chatting with the officials at the county government finance bureau, I learned that there are "reporters" who specialize in reporting online cases of violating the Tobacco and Alcohol Management Law. One case can get at least 22,000 yuan in bonuses. Tone has reported hundreds of cases across the country. If all cases are completed, they can get more than 2.2 million yuan in reporting bonuses.

"This is really good news!" As if picking up a treasure, he immediately asked about the laws and regulations and reported chaos. Later, the newspaper published the news exclusively in the national edition.

A few days after the news appeared in the newspaper, the "Southern Whistleblower" wrote a letter to the newspaper to respond that the news content was suspected of damaging his reputation. Since the news only included "Southern Whistleblower" and not the name of the whistleblower, he replied carefully and explained that it was based on propaganda. Correct legal concept, avoid people being punished because they do not understand the laws and regulations, so this report is written.

"Southern whistleblower" did not give up. First, he complained that the county officials leaked the whistleblower information and failed. After more than half a year, he actually received him to sue the officials and me for defamation and defamation. He told that the six-month prosecution period had passed, and when he asked the complaint center of the newspaper office, the newspaper office did not keep the complaint letter. Fortunately, he felt that this "southern whistleblower" was difficult to deal with, so all the letters forwarded by the newspaper office were kept.

He provided the court with the evidence that the prosecution period had passed and the explanation he had replied to the "Southern Whistleblower", so the case was not settled. Later, the Ministry of Finance also amended the law to abolish the bonus system, and the related whistleblower cases were greatly reduced.