After five months of silence, Tang Jun, CEO of Xin Hua Du Industrial Group Co., who has been accused of forging his doctoral degree, pronounced his innocence on his Sina.com micro blog on December 10, the Guangzhou Daily reports.

Tang Jun.[File photo]

He admitted that the dispute arose because he was not transparent enough regarding his academic qualifications.

Three and a half hours later, Fang Zhouzi, the man who is famous for battling against what he sees as pseudoscience and academic misconduct, responded on his own micro blog that Tang’s refusal of acknowledging fraud made him a scoundrel.