Edward Lehman Committed to Prison for 6 Months (Suspended for 2 Years)

Edward Lehman Committed to Prison for 6 Months (Suspended for 2 Years) PR Newswire HONG KONG, BEIJING and SINGAPORE, Sept. 12, 2012 - Hong Kong High Court finds Edward Lehman guilty of contempt of court and hands down 6 months prison sentence, suspended for 2 years HONG KONG, BEIJING and SINGAPORE, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Edward Lehman ("Lehman"), Managing Director and founding partner of Lehman, Lee & Xu, a mainland Chinese law firm, was found guilty of a 2nd contempt of Court by the Hong Kong High Court in HCMP 2524/2011, and committed to six months prison, suspended for two years. The Applicant, Effiscient Limited ("Effiscient"), one of two shareholders (and the only shareholder with voting rights) in LehmanBrown Limited ("Company"), a leading accounting firm in China, sought legal recourse in Hong Kong for contempt of court for inter alia a further breach of an Injunction Order. In defamation proceedings issued against Lehman in HCA 959/2010 in June 2010, an Injunction Order was granted by The Honourable Mr. Justice To on 23 July 2010, restraining Lehman from publishing defamatory statements and making slanderous statements concerning Russell Brown ("Brown"), Zhou Han Brown ("Zhou Han"), Effiscient, the Company or any of the employees of the Company. The Honourable Mr. Justice To had also ordered Lehman to file and serve an affidavit disclosing a complete list of the identity of the recipients of his defamatory emails and letters.