Yahoo Inc has been hit with a lawsuit saying it failed to safeguard more than US$17mil (RM75.35mil) it pledged to help jailed Chinese dissidents in a 2007 settlement.
The lawsuit, filed on April 11 in federal court in Washington by a group of Chinese dissidents, accuses Yahoo of "wilfully turning a blind eye" while Harry Wu, a high-profile political activist charged with administering the funds, used them for personal gain.
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