在华服刑的GSK私家侦探提前获释

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.

知情人士称，因牵连葛兰素史克（GlaxoSmithKline，简称GSK）中国腐败丑闻而获刑的私家侦探韩飞龙(Peter Humphrey)在服刑大约两年后已获释。

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

英国人韩飞龙显然是出于健康原因被释放的，他目前在上海一家医院接受癌症检测。

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，法庭已将他的刑期缩短7个月，他在出院后将被驱逐出境。

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.

这名公司事务调查员是在2013年与他的美籍妻子和商业伙伴虞英曾一起被拘留的。虞在去年8月被判两年监禁。将判决前的羁押期折抵刑期后，她将于7月11日获释，之后将被允许留在中国。

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.

这对夫妻被剥夺了一场完全公开的审判，而且在某些时间点上不能完全获得律师的协助。他们的命运令人关注外籍商人在中国面临的风险。

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，他们曾帮助GSK（审判期间没有提到该公司）查明一盘秘密拍摄的性爱录像带的来源，录像中的人物是GSK时任在华掌门人和他的女友。

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去年在中国被罚款3亿英镑，罪名是向医院、医生和官员输送数十亿元人民币，企图在全球最大和增长最快的药品市场之一提高销售业绩。

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

这场腐败调查震撼了在华外资制药行业。

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

共同经营调查公司中慧(ChinaWhys)的韩飞龙夫妇在被拘留一年多后，于去年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.

这名英国人面对的刑事指控是依据2009年的一部法律提出的，该法旨在打击非法获取公民个人信息的行为，最高刑期为三年。此案突显出北京方面试图打击那些帮助境外客户驾驭中国商场的私家侦探，这是监管机构剪除跨国公司羽翼的整体努力的一部分。

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.

在美国和英国施压后，上海法院放弃了秘密审判的计划；美英都对本案缺乏透明度表示关切。境外媒体被禁止旁听这场号称公开的庭审。