By: Lehman Lee & Xu and Tsolmon Shar

Chinese police have concluded an investigation into a detained Australian Rio Tinto Ltd executive and three colleagues arrested on charges of infringing trade secrets and bribery and sent the case to prosecutors, the Australian government and Chinese state media said last Monday. Four Rio staff, including Australian citizen Stern Hu, has been in Chinese custody since July over accusations of illegally obtaining commercial secrets.

Rio Tinto and the Australian government have urged China to allow the four, including Stern Hu, an Australian citizen who headed Rio Tinto's iron ore business in China, legal representation and to handle the case in a transparent way.

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