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Percentage of equity interest in the borrowing subsidiaries, the early repayment requirement of line of credit if principal shareholder ceases to own and control certain percentage.

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Percentage of equity interest in certain affiliate, the early repayment requirement of line of credit if principal shareholder ceases to own and control certain percentage.

No definition available.

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Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

Percentage of equity interest in the early repayment requirement of line of credit , if principal shareholder ceases to own and control certain percentage.

No definition available.

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Data Type:	dtr-types:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.