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[quote=BOBERT,370836]Bluesky001...I am not relying on western media for information. Rio Tito is a publicly listed company on the Australian and English stock exchanges. As such, it is legally bound to allow access to any information material to it's share price. That's the law! There is a huge difference between western media and Chinese media. Western media is subject to scrutiny but Chinese media is not transparent. Chinese media is controlled by government officials adhering to the governments agenda. Western media is controlled by private enterprise who just want to make money. I agree, neither can be trusted, but one can be investigated. I have no idea if the Rio executive committed a crime or not. Nether do you. Neiter does the western media or the Chinese media. I doubt if even Ro Tinto know for sure. They are all just guessing. The point is he has been held in prison for 8 days without being charged with anything. He is not allowed a lawyer or consular contact. No evidence has been produced whatsoever. He is likely to be charged, not with industrial espionage as he would in the west. He is likeIy to be chared with stealing state secrets which carries the death penalty or life imprisonment. China makes no distinction between corporate crime and state secrets. The rest of the world does. If he has done something wrong then an open court should decide. International law should apply. If China wants to be a part of the modern corporate world then it should play by international business rules. Rio Tintos computers have been seized and examined by the China secret police. This sensitive information will no doubt find it's way to Rio Tintos Chinese customers giving them an unfair advantage when negotioating prices. The Rio executive is being used as a pawn to gain a business advantage. It is simply wrong to keep a suspect incommunicado without charges being laid or evidence being produced. And that's definately my final comment on this subject. Decide for yourselves whats right and what's wrong.[/quote]
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