A former Peking University professor has denied charges of libel made against him by the university and a campus restaurant, which sued him for his claims that professors at the university had sexually harassed waitresses at the restaurant.

Zou Hengfu, a professor of economics at the university from 1998 until his dismissal in 2007, denied the claims during a hearing at Haidian District People's Court in Beijing on Monday.

He is accused of having damaged the image of the university and infringing its reputation.