<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The Stern Hu thing confuses me - apparently he's confessed to TAKING bribes. Originally my understanding is he was arrested for bribing and trying to gain "sensitive" information. (Note: this is genuine confusion on my part).<div><br></div><div>So, more than just taking money out - it's making sense of the situation.</div><div><br></div><div>eg: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/24/2854339.htm?section=world">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/24/2854339.htm?section=world</a></div><div><br></div><div>Quotes from the same article below - it's difficult to know WTF is going on. </div><div><br></div><div>"The four members of Rio Tinto's Shanghai iron ore team are said to have
offered inducements to Chinese steel company executives."</div><div>...</div><div><br></div><div>"Hu has already admitted he took some level of bribes, but who offered
the bribes and what they expected in return remain unknown to those
outside the court.</div><p>Mingqiang is said to have taken a similar amount of money and Caikui
about half as much.</p><p>But the allegation against Wang Yong is that he took 10 times the
amount which Hu allegedly did, receiving bribes worth more than $10
million."</p><div><br></div><div>MMC</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 24/03/2010, at 11:54 AM, Paseka, Tomas wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><blockquote type="cite">Rumor says it's very hard to actually get your money out of China once<br></blockquote>you've<br><blockquote type="cite">made it, <br></blockquote><br><snip><br><br>Yeah, look at Stern Hu and co...<br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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