In the first session at Wuxi Intermediate People’s Court inJiangsu province since Wuxi Suntech was forced into bankruptcy in March, nearly530 creditors brought claims against the subsidiary.

The administrator overseeing the process has reportedlyconfirmed claims totalling 3.32bn yuan, having reviewed 300 of them as of 20May.

Among the claims said to be outstanding are 5.2bn yuan owedto South Korean polysilicon supplier OCI, 415m to GCL-Poly-owned wafer makerKonca and 149.2m