Peter Humphrey has called on the UK’s media regulator to ban China Central Television (CCTV) from broadcasting in Britain, accusing the outlet of working with police to extract and record a confession prior to his trial.
Mr. Humphrey and his wife, Yu Yingzeng, a US national, were handed prison sentences in China after they confessed to “illegally obtaining private records” of Chinese citizens.
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The pair sold the data to British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), according to prosecutors.
They were released and deported from China a year later, after authorities opted to reduce their sentences.
He has insisted this prejudiced public opinion against him and denied him access to a fair trial, and, specifically, claimed the broadcaster breached media regulations on fairness, impartiality, and accuracy.
The broadcaster is yet to respond to or acknowledge the accusations hurled against it.
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