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Australian businesswoman faces Chinese justice system
30 August 2011
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The trial of Australian businesswoman Charlotte Chou on embezzlement charges, has begun in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, with unprecedented courtroom access to journalists. This step toward transparency comes after the Australian government blasted authorities for locking media out of a similar case involving Australian businessman Matthew Ng in the same Guangzhou People’s Intermediate Court earlier this month. Inside the courtroom were the same judges, lawyers and even the same prosecutors as in the Ng trial.
Tracee Hutchison spoke to Fairfax Media’s China correspondent John Garnaut, who was in the court.
Presenter: Tracee Hutchison
Speaker: John Garnaut, China Correspondent for Fairfax Media
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