Aug 13, 2009 06:51 PM

China Downgrades Charges against Rio Exec

By staff reporters Zhang Yajun and Chen Zhongxiaolu

By staff reporters Zhang Yajun and Chen Zhongxiaolu

(.com.cn) Chinese prosecutors have formally charged four employees of the Australian mining company Rio Tinto with infringing trade secrets and bribery.

Stern Hu, an Australian national and general manager of Rio Tinto's iron ore division in Shanghai, and three division colleagues – Liu Caikui, Ge Minqiang and Wang Yong – have been accused of obtaining commercial secrets about China's steel and iron industry through “improper means," according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

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