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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

China frees staff of US consulting firm after two years in prison

File. The closed office of the Mintz Group is seen in an office building in Beijing on 24 March 2023 - (AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese authorities have released five employees of a US due diligence firm from detention two years after China cracked down on consultancies working with foreign multinationals.

“We understand that the Mintz Group Beijing employees who were detained, all Chinese nationals, have now all been released,” Mintz Group said in a statement.

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