Rio Tinto defendants plead guilty
By Qian Yanfeng and Lan Lan | China Daily | Updated: 2010-03-23 07:49
All four accused contest amounts
SHANGHAI - Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu and three of his Chinese colleagues pleaded guilty on Monday to bribery charges during the first day of their trial.
Hu "acknowledged the truth of some of the bribery charges" laid against him, said Tom Connor, Australia's consul-general in Shanghai, who attended the hearing.
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