A Chinese national in Pakistan has denied an accusation of blasphemy levelled by fellow workers on a hydropower project who said he had insulted the Prophet Mohammad, police said on Tuesday after a court remanded him in judicial custody. Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan. The Chinese man was brought before a court late on Monday where he said he had been falsely accused. The court sent the man to jail on judicial remand for 14 days. The police were not identifying him for his own safety. The Chinese foreign ministry said its mission in Islamabad was verifying the situation.