在華服刑的GSK私家偵探提前獲釋

Peter Humphrey, the investigator jailed in connection with the GlaxoSmithKline Chinese corruption scandal, has been released after serving about two years, sources close to the Briton said.

知情人士稱，因牽連葛蘭素史克（GlaxoSmithKline，簡稱GSK）中國腐敗醜聞而獲刑的私家偵探韓飛龍(Peter Humphrey)在服刑大約兩年後已獲釋。

Mr Humphrey was apparently freed on health grounds and is in a Shanghai hospital having tests relating to cancer.

英國人韓飛龍顯然是出於健康原因被釋放的，他目前在上海一家醫院接受癌症檢測。

A court reduced his sentence by seven months and he will be deported on his discharge from hospital, according to one source.

一名消息人士透露，法庭已將他的刑期縮短7個月，他在出院後將被驅逐出境。

The corporate investigator was detained in 2013 with his American wife and business partner, Yu Yingzeng, who was sentenced to two years in prison in August. She is due for release on July 11 and will be allowed to stay in China, where prison sentences are calculated from the date of initial detention.

這名公司事務調查員是在2013年與他的美籍妻子和商業夥伴虞英曾一起被拘留的。虞在去年8月被判兩年監禁。將判決前的羈押期折抵刑期後，她將於7月11日獲釋，之後將被允許留在中國。

The fate of the couple, who were denied a fully public trial and, at some points, full access to lawyers, has shone a spotlight on the risks facing foreign business people in China.

這對夫妻被剝奪了一場完全公開的審判，而且在某些時間點上不能完全獲得律師的協助。他們的命運令人關注外籍商人在中國面臨的風險。

They were detained after helping GSK, which was not mentioned during the trial, identify the source of a secretly filmed sex tape of its then top executive in the country, in bed with his girlfriend.

在被拘留之前，他們曾幫助GSK（審判期間沒有提到該公司）查明一盤祕密拍攝的性愛錄像帶的來源，錄像中的人物是GSK時任在華掌門人和他的女友。

GSK was fined £300m last year for funnelling billions of renminbi to hospitals, doctors and officials in an attempt to boost sales in one of the world’s biggest and fastest-growing drug markets.

GSK去年在中國被罰款3億英鎊，罪名是向醫院、醫生和官員輸送數十億元人民幣，企圖在全球最大和增長最快的藥品市場之一提高銷售業績。

The corruption investigation has rocked the foreign pharmaceuticals industry in China.

這場腐敗調查震撼了在華外資製藥行業。

Mr Humphrey and his wife, who ran ChinaWhys, a risk consultancy, were detained for more than a year before being sentenced last August.

共同經營調查公司中慧(ChinaWhys)的韓飛龍夫婦在被拘留一年多後，於去年8月被判刑。

The Briton was charged under a 2009 law against obtaining personal information, which carries a three-year maximum sentence. The case has highlighted efforts by Beijing to curb private detectives who help foreign clients navigate Chinese business, part of a broader push by regulators to clip multinationals’ wings.

這名英國人面對的刑事指控是依據2009年的一部法律提出的，該法旨在打擊非法獲取公民個人信息的行爲，最高刑期爲三年。此案突顯出北京方面試圖打擊那些幫助境外客戶駕馭中國商場的私家偵探，這是監管機構剪除跨國公司羽翼的整體努力的一部分。

The Shanghai court dropped plans to hold the proceedings in secret following pressure from the US and UK, which expressed concern about a lack of transparency. Foreign media were barred from the supposedly open trial.

在美國和英國施壓後，上海法院放棄了祕密審判的計劃；美英都對本案缺乏透明度表示關切。境外媒體被禁止旁聽這場號稱公開的庭審。