【10.04.03 新加坡海峡时报】Two Rio Tinto staff to appeal

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Two Rio Tinto employees jailed for stealing trade secrets and pocketing millions in bribes have decided to appeal. -- PHOTO: AFP


BEIJING - TWO Chinese Rio Tinto employees jailed for stealing trade secrets and pocketing millions in bribes have decided to appeal, their lawyers said on Saturday.
Wang Yong and Liu Caikui will appeal against their jail terms of 14 and seven years respectively, their lawyers told AFP.
The other Chinese employee Ge Minqiang had not yet decided if he would challenge his sentence of eight years, his lawyer told AFP.
The lawyer representing Australian citizen Stern Hu, who was jailed for 10 years, declined to comment when contacted by AFP.
Liu lodged his appeal on Friday while Wang will meet with his lawyer Monday morning to discuss his decision to appeal, the lawyers said.
Hu and the three Chinese staff were convicted of taking more than US$13 million (S$18 million) in kickbacks from Chinese steel firms during tense 2009 iron ore talks, which the court said they had helped ruin, and of stealing trade secrets. -- AFP