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To: RealMuLan who wrote (4377)	2/12/2005 12:55:10 AM
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China court rejects retrial BAY AREA BUSINESSMAN IN JAIL FOR TAX FRAUD By Karl Schoenberger Mercury News China's People's Supreme Court has rejected a retrial for Jude Shao, a Bay Area entrepreneur who is serving a 16-year sentence in a Shanghai prison for tax fraud. The court's decision, which was disclosed Thursday by a group of Shao's supporters, closes the door to a legal resolution in a case that has been tainted by human rights issues. Shao is a Stanford MBA whose company, China Business Ventures, was based in San Francisco until his arrest in 1998. He claims he was framed by a Chinese business partner and denied the opportunity to introduce exculpatory evidence in his summary trial in 2000. The Chinese-American's incommunicado detention in a cramped police holding cell for nearly two years has elevated Shao's case from a tax dispute to a human rights concern for the Bush administration. On Nov. 19, James Kelley, assistant secretary of state for East Asian affairs, raised Shao's case with senior Chinese officials at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Chile. The official document notifying Shao of the Supreme Court's rejection of his appeal is dated Nov. 22, three days after Kelly brought up his case at the APEC summit in Santiago. Shao did not see the ruling, however, until a prison official ``casually handed'' it to him Jan. 31, Shao said in a message to Stanford classmate Chuck Hoover. ``Jude's case is at a critical juncture, and the petition denial reinforces that it will take a political solution to earn Jude's freedom,'' Hoover said in a statement. ``Adding to the sense of urgency is the fact that Jude's health continues to deteriorate.'' Shao has complained of a heart ailment, and his family in Shanghai filed an application for medical parole in June on the grounds he could not receive adequate treatment in prison. Hoover said his support group of Shao's former Stanford classmates has learned from a recently released cellmate that Shao's ``health is worsening and he is often a target of the prison authorities for petty harassment.'' mercurynews.com