财经金融新闻 葛兰素史克被罚30亿

In today's podcast, the China branch of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has been fined a record 3 billion yuan by a court in the central province of Hunan.

在今天的播报中，湖南省法院对英国葛兰素史克中国分公司一案进行了裁决，并处罚金30亿元。

The Changsha Intermediate People's Court held a closed-door trial on September 19 on the case involving GlaxoSmithKline China which was accused of offering bribes¹. Five former GSK senior executives, including British national Mark Reilly, were sentenced to suspended prison terms of two to three years. Reilly, former head of GSK China, will be forced to leave the country. Reilly and the other executives admitted the charges during the investigation², and the court said that led to lighter³ punishments. The fine is the biggest that a Chinese court has ever handed a company, said Cheng Baoku, a law professor at Nankai University in Tianjin.

9月19日，长沙中级人民法院对英国葛兰素史克中国分公司涉嫌行贿一案进行了非公开审理。5名前葛兰素史克公司的高级管理人员，包括英国人马克锐，他被判处有期徒刑3年，缓刑四年的处罚。赖利，前葛兰素史克中国分公司总经理被驱逐出境。赖利以及其他几名管理人员在调查过程中对罪行供认不讳，法院称他们将受到较轻的处罚。天津南开大学法律教授程宝库称这样巨额的经济处罚是中国法院所从未遇到过的。

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1 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。