SHANGHAI, July 4 (Reuters) - The United States is concernedabout being barred from attending the trial in China of Britishinvestigator Peter Humphrey and his American wife Yu Yingzeng,set for Aug. 7 after the couple were arrested last yearfollowing work they did for British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKlinePLC.
"We are concerned that consular officers will not be allowedto attend Ms. Yu's trial in August 2014 despite the fact thatunder the 1982 bilateral consular convention between our twocountries consular officials are permitted to attend suchtrials," U.S. Embassy spokesman Nolan Barkhouse told Reuters onFriday.
The trial of Humphrey and Yu, who had run the riskconsultancy ChinaWhys, will be closed to the public, two familyfriends with knowledge of the matter told Reuters Thursday. (Reporting by John Ruwitch and Adam Jourdan)
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