Four Rio Tinto employees arrested
By Zhang Qi and Cui Xiaohuo | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2009-08-12 07:46
Nearly six weeks after being detained by the Shanghai State Security Bureau for suspected espionage activities, Shanghai procuratorate authorities have now formally arrested four Rio Tinto employees.
The four, including Australian executive Stern Hu, have been charged with infringing business secrets and bribery, the Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.
The arrest came shortly after Hu received his second consular visit from Australian officials.
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