China trial for British GSK investigator

[webfact]

British GSK investigator to be tried in China

(BBC) A British investigator and his wife are to go on trial in China for illegally trafficking personal data.

Peter Humphrey and his American wife Yu Yingzeng were arrested in August 2013.

They are accused of illegally obtaining Chinese citizens' personal information and selling it to China-based multinational corporations, including GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) China.

GSK China, which is being investigated for possible bribery, hired Mr Humphrey last year.

The former journalist is currently being kept at a detention centre in Shanghai. His son, Harry Humphrey, told the BBC last week that his parents appeared well.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-28684958

[bbc]2014-08-08[/bbc]