Former Rio Tinto Ltd
(ASX:RIO) mining executive Stern Hu, who is serving 10 years in a Chinese jail for accepting bribes and stealing state secrets, may have reportedly been convicted with evidence provided by Rio Tinto.
According to a confidential cable from US officials, obtained by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Rio privately gave Chinese security authorities incriminating evidence about Stern Hu.
For the year ended 30 June 2010, Rio reported a net profit of $7.36 billion.
