Chinese Man Attempts $20k Tea Bribe
Guoxin Zhu pleaded guilty after hiding cash in a tea gift to speed up solar product applications, and the court imposed a 12-month suspended sentence.
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Sydney Morning Herald
‘In my country, gifts like this are often given’: Businessman sentenced over $20k hidden in tea
The court heard Guoxin Zhu had organised to meet with an official at a Brisbane cafe last month when he handed her a gift of breakfast tea, which also contained thousands of dollars.
Corruption is rampant in China under the rule of the Chinese Communist Party, and giving money and gifts when dealing with the government has become the norm. However, Chinese businessmen who are accustomed to this logic ran into a wall in Australia. Australian public officials directly reported the businessman for bribing him, and after being arrested, the businessman said that he had no idea that this was the way things were done in Australia.
Solar exec claims tea bag bribe a ‘cultural thing’
A Chinese businessman who attempted to bribe a Commonwealth official with a bag of tea stuffed with $20,000 will be allowed to return home to his family. Zhu Guoxin, 40, had insisted a Clean Energy Council manager accept the tea at a meeting in the Brisbane suburb of Camp Hill on July 9, describing it as a cultural gift. The manager discovered the money when she returned home and immediately reported the bribery attempt. Zhu – a solar energy bus…
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