Rio Tinto Employees Sentenced to Between 7 and 14 years Prison

Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced the four Rio Tinto's four employees charged with taking bribery and obtaining business secrets to prison terms ranging from 7 to 14 years at about 3pm this afternoon. Australian citizen Stern Hu was sentenced to ten years in jail, along with a fine of 500,000 yuan and confiscation of his personal property valued at 500,000 yuan. Wang Yong was sentenced to 14 years in prison, 5 million yuan of his personal property will also be confiscated and he's be fined 200,000 yuan. Ge Minqiang, was sentenced to an 8-years jail term, confiscation of 500,000 yuan of his personal property and a fine of 300,000 yuan. Liu Caikui will serve 7 years in prison, have 300,000 yuan worth of his personal property confiscated and also be fined 400,000 yuan. The court also ordered that their illegal gains be confiscated.

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Xinhua News Agency

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