Singapore court gives China Aviation Oil directors three weeks to prepare cases

SINGAPORE (AP) - Three directors of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp. were given a three-week extension Thursday to prepare for a pretrial hearing on charges linked to risky oil trades that pushed the jet fuel supplier to the brink of bankruptcy, their lawyers said. 

A Singapore court granted the extension to directors Jia Changbin, Li Yongji and Gu Yanfei, who face charges that include failing to act honestly and disclose losses, their lawyers told reporters outside a Singapore court.