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Former Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu allegedly confessed to accepting bribes on the first day of his trial in Shanghai, almost nine months after he was imprisoned for trading in State secrets. Details of the confession are patchy. Journalists are excluded from the proceedings and the only Australian witness – consul-general Tom Connor- says Hu “made some admissions”. Given the trial itself is shrouded in secrecy, how real is this admission of guilt?

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Tuesday, March 23 2010
Produced By Shevonne Hunt
Featured in storyAssociate Professor Vivienne Bath, Director of the Centre for Asian and Pacific, Law at the University of SydneyPeter Norden- Adjunct Professor specialising in law, crime and justice at RMIT University David Kelly- China expert at the China Research Centre, Sydney University
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