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Markets nervous over China 'confessions'

Shares in British hedge fund manager Man Group Plc have fallen more than 6 percent following a report that the head of its China unit has been taken into custody as part of a probe into the country's recent market volatility. As Ivor Bennett reports, the news follows an apparent TV confession about market manipulation from a Chinese financial journalist.