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View all search resultsChina filmmaker pays $1.2 m fine over kids
Chinaâs best-known film director Zhang Yimou has paid 7
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hina's best-known film director Zhang Yimou has paid 7.5million yuan ($1.2 million) for violating the one-child policy, officials saidFriday, closing a case that had attracted widespread attention.
Following months of rumours that he had fathered up to seven children with different women, Zhang admitted in December he has two sons and a daughter with his current wife, Chen Ting, all from before they were married. He also has a daughter with a previous wife.
The family-planning law, implemented in the late 1970s in a bid to prevent over-population, restricts most parents to one child.
Critics say the law is enforced unevenly and sometimes aggressively, with wealthy and well-connected families better able to pay fines levied for extra children
