SYDNEY: Australia is urging China to let a Rio Tinto executive accused of bribery and stealing commercial secrets to consult a lawyer now that he's been formally arrested.
The Foreign Affairs Department said Wednesday that Australia had been officially informed by Chinese officials that Australian citizen Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto workers had been arrested on charges of taking bribes and obtaining commercial secrets.
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