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The biggest restaurant operator in China, KFC said that it will sue all the three companies for spreading rumors on social media against it. KFC asked for 1.5 million yuan ($242,000) and unconditional apologies from each of the companies, who have said that the restaurant uses genetically modified chickens with six wings and eight legs.

Shanxi Weilukuang Technology Company, Taiyuan Zero Point Technology Company and Yingchenanzhi Success and Culture Communication, are the companies which operate in Shenzhen city and are being sued by KFC.

KFC with more than 4,600 restaurants in China has alleged that the companies were "misleading the consumer" on its Chinese-language website.

By Premji