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米乐yy易游体育, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Company") has discovered that in its Aluminum & Copper Business, including group companies, a portion of the products traded with customers did not comply with the product specifications which were agreed between the Company and its customers. Data in inspection certificates had been improperly rewritten etc., and the products were shipped as having met the specifications concerned (hereinafter referred to as "improper conduct").

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