Chinese Man Attempts $20k Tea Bribe

Chinese man attempts $20k tea bribe

A senior official at one of China’s biggest renewable energy firms has tried to bribe his way through Australian red tape.

‘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.

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…