{"id":52848,"date":"2010-03-24T12:20:34","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T20:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=52848"},"modified":"2010-03-24T12:20:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T20:20:34","slug":"rio-tinto-trial-in-china-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/03\/rio-tinto-trial-in-china-concludes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Tinto Trial in China Concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trial of four Rio Tinto executives on charges of bribery has closed without a verdict, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/25\/business\/global\/25riotinto.html\">the New York Times reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe defendants face 5 to 15 years in prison, if convicted.<\/p>\n<p>A three-judge panel is expected to rule in days or weeks on the high-profile case, which is being closely followed by foreign companies with operations in China.<\/p>\n<p>The four Rio Tinto employees, including Stern Hu, an Australian national, pleaded guilty to accepting money that prosecutors have deemed bribes.<\/p>\n<p>Rio Tinto says it has no evidence its staff engaged in any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/03\/rio-tinto-execs-plead-guilty\/\">the confessions Monday<\/a>, the first day of the trial, complicated a case that began last July, when the authorities in Shanghai detained the four men on suspicion of espionage and harming China\u2019s economic interests under the country\u2019s tough state secrets law. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trial of four Rio Tinto executives on charges of bribery has closed without a verdict, the New York Times reports: The defendants face 5 to 15 years in prison, if convicted. 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