He has said he will seek revenge and is allegedly looking for legal ways to bring down Murdoch.

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But Mr Smith said he understood others had been turned down with the company looking to make compulsory redundancies.

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"In essence, the live-fire ranges are protection for the tortoises, " he said, looking at a patch of ground where bullets often rain down but rarely hit the burrowing reptile.

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"Chinese judges are not looking to shut a business down and lay off thousands of workers, " he said.

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