AstraZeneca says detained China head has lawyer

AstraZeneca says detained China head has lawyer, but company still in dark
AstraZeneca's China president Leon Wang, who was detained last month by Chinese authorities, is in touch with a lawyer but the company has very little information about the case, its CEO said on Tuesday.
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The company believes Chinese authorities are probing allegations that two current and two former employees had illegally imported cancer drugs.
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AstraZeneca's CEO said on Tuesday that the company's China president Leon Wang, who last month was detained by Chinese authorities, has a lawyer he is in touch with, but "we have no information as a company".
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AstraZeneca said on Wednesday its China president Leon Wang had been detained by Chinese authorities and, although it did not know the reason, it did not believe it was linked to a large health insurance fraud case involving the company.
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