Update | ‘We deeply regret breaking the law’: GSK-linked Peter Humphrey and wife formally charged in China
Briton Peter Humphrey and American wife Yu Yingzeng, detained since last year, formally charged with illegally obtaining private information
Prosecutors have filed charges against British investigator Peter Humphrey and his American wife, Xinhua said on Monday, after the couple were detained last year following work they did for British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.
In an eight minute news report aired on Monday by state run China Central Television (CCTV), Humphrey said that he and his wife Yu Yingzeng “deeply regret” breaking any Chinese law. He added ChinaWhys would not have worked with GSK if the drugmaker had informed him about the full details of the whistle-blower e-mails.
“It was certainly not our intention to violate Chinese law,” Humphrey, wearing an orange vest over his clothes, said in the interview, which the state broadcaster said was conducted a few days ago in a Shanghai police station.
Humphrey’s apology reiterated a similar statement he made to CCTV in August last year after the couple were arrested.
The case against Humphrey and his wife has become a key piece in a long-running investigation into GSK, whose China executives have been charged with orchestrating a widespread network of bribery to promote sales.
The case against the couple, who have been accused of illegally obtaining private information, has been formally lodged with the Shanghai Number One Intermediate People’s Court for trial, the Xinhua report said.
