A senior manager at Chinese solar company Growatt New Energy has been remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of offering a $20,000 bribe to secure approval for a solar module.
Guoxin Zhu, 39, was arrested last week, according to police and local media, and appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday and will appear in court again in two weeks.
Zhu was arrested while trying to board an international flight in Sydney on July 24, according to the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
He is alleged to have tried to bribe “a Commonwealth public official” during a business meeting in Camp Hill, Brisbane in an attempt to fast track product approvals by the peak body.
The official, who according to media reports works for the Clean Energy Council, reported the alleged bribery immediately.
