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| Australian Matthew Ng jailed in China for embezzlement | Australian Matthew Ng jailed in China for embezzlement |
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| An Australian businessman has been sentenced to 13 years in jail for embezzlement in China. | An Australian businessman has been sentenced to 13 years in jail for embezzlement in China. |
| Matthew Ng, a Chinese-born Australian citizen, was detained by police in the city of Guangzhou in November 2010. | Matthew Ng, a Chinese-born Australian citizen, was detained by police in the city of Guangzhou in November 2010. |
| Reports suggest his trial centred on a commercial dispute between his travel company Et-China and Lingnan Group, a corporation owned by the Guangzhou municipal government. | |
| Local media suggest that two executives from another firm were also jailed. | Local media suggest that two executives from another firm were also jailed. |
| According to Yangcheng Evening News, Ng was convicted of embezzlement, bribery and two other offences by the Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou. | |
| Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed the news, saying he is expected to appeal. | |
| Nikki Chow, Ng's wife, told Australian media she was devastated by the sentence. | |
| "Thirteen years for Matthew, I don't think he can take it," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Ms Chow as saying. | |
| "He was shocked, very shocked, nobody expected the verdict would be today." |