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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Singapore Asia Pacific World Search Search: Australian executive held on spy charge in China By ROHAN SULLIVAN and JOE McDONALD,Associated Press Writers AP - Thursday, July 9 SYDNEY - An Australian Rio Tinto mining executive is being held in China on suspicion of espionage, Australia's foreign minister said Wednesday, amid the company's tough negotiations with the nation on iron ore prices and a failed plan for a state-owned company to buy a stake in the miner. ADVERTISEMENT Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Chinese officials on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of Stern Hu, the Shanghai-based general manager of Rio's Chinese iron ore business, and that he was "very surprised" to learn of it. He said he had seen no evidence the arrests were linked to commercial matters between the Anglo-Australian miner and China. "Australian officials were advised that the reason for Mr. Hu's detention was that he was being detained on suspicion of espionage and stealing state secrets," Smith told reporters in the western city of Perth. Rio Tinto, the world's third-largest mining company, is acting as lead negotiator for global iron ore suppliers in price talks with Chinese mills. But the two sides failed to reach an agreement by the June 30 expiration of previous buying contracts, with China's steel industry association rejecting prices negotiated by Rio with Japanese and Korean mills. The other major suppliers are Australia's BHP Billiton Ltd. and Brazil's Vale SA. Hu was one of four Rio Tinto workers detained in recent days, though the exact timing was not clear. The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper identified the other three as Chinese nationals who were also members of Rio's iron ore sales team. The company declined to identify any of the workers. Smith only said the other three were not Australian citizens. China's vague laws on industrial espionage and other spying give authorities wide latitude in deciding what to prosecute. The government treats a sweeping array of economic and other data as state secrets. Rio Tinto has been unable to contact the detained employees, said Ian Head, a company spokesman in Melbourne. Australian diplomats in Shanghai were urgently seeking access to Hu, Smith said. "Rio Tinto intends to cooperate fully with any investigation the Chinese authorities may wish to undertake and has sought clarification on what has occurred," the company said in a statement. "Rio Tinto is concerned about the employees' well-being and is doing everything possible to help them and support their families." A spokesman for the Shanghai police, who would give only his surname, Liang, told The Associated Press that he had no information on the case. China criticized Rio Tinto and the Australian government last month after the company abandoned a deal to have state-controlled Aluminum Corp. of China, or Chinalco, invest $19.5 billion in Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto, which is traded on stock exchanges in London and Sydney, launched a rights issue to raise money instead. Chinalco took up a portion of the $15.2 billion share issue to maintain its 9 percent stake in the company. The Chinese steel industry group also has criticized Rio Tinto's plan to form a joint venture with Billiton, combining their mining assets in western Australia. The group said the tie-up might reduce competition, raise prices and hurt customers. China's Commerce Ministry said the breakup of the Rio Tinto-Chinalco deal would not harm Beijing's ties with Australia. But a ministry spokesman warned that the deal with Billiton might face an anti-monopoly investigation by Chinese authorities. Australia's foreign minister said he had seen speculation that Hu's detention could be linked to commercial matters between Rio Tinto and China but added that, "I have no basis for any such speculation." Sen. Barnaby Joyce, a right-leaning opposition lawmaker who campaigned against the Rio Tinto-Chinalco deal, said its failure "would appear to have inspired" the arrest of the Rio Tinto workers. "This should be a clear example to Australia, and other countries around the world, of the extent of the relationship between a 100 percent (state) owned entity ... and the actions of the Chinese Government," he said in a statement. In 2002, a Chinese-born American, Fong Fuming, was convicted of paying bribes to help investors obtain secret information to bid on power projects. Fong was sentenced to five years in prison but expelled from China in 2003 after three years in captivity. Many of those charged with spying in China have been businesspeople from rival Taiwan who are accused of working for the island's government. In 2001, a group of Chinese-born academics and others with links to the United States were prosecuted on charges of spying for Taiwan. Most were expelled from China after being convicted and sentenced. ___ Associated Press writer Joe McDonald and researcher Bonnie Cao in Beijing contributed to this report. ___ On the Net: Rio Tinto Ltd.: http://www.riotinto.com Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Related Articles: China's Economy S.Korea keeps rates unchanged, cautious on economyReuters - 2 hours 37 minutes ago Australian jobless rate edges up to 5.8 pctAFP - Thursday, July 9 G8 invite emerging powers to new round of talksAFP - Thursday, July 9 Seoul shares slip as techs, autos retreatReuters - Thursday, July 9 Related Articles: Business G8 invite emerging powers to new round of talksAFP - Thursday, July 9 METALS-Grim demand outlook pushes copper to 2-week lowReuters - Thursday, July 9 U.S. accuses six in $140 mln trans-Atlantic schemeReuters - Thursday, July 9 HIGHLIGHTS - World leaders in Italy for G8 summitReuters - Thursday, July 9 Australia dollar falls 2 pct as risk being unwoundReuters - Thursday, July 9 Related Full Coverage China Economy china economy All Full Coverage Most Popular – Business Viewed Jackson 'best father' ever, daughter tells the world Jackson mother relieved of estate on funeral eve Miniskirts, cleavage upset male SKoreans: survey World's oldest surviving Bible published online Grown-up Harry Potter stars at premiere of sixth film View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! 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