Apparent Suicide Raises Questions Over BRI Corruption

Chairman of one of China’s biggest SOEs apparently leaps to death amid corruption probe

Aug 31, 2020

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By: Toh Han Shih

There are unanswered questions over the apparent August 16 suicide of Chen Fenjian (above, left), a former top executive of two large Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) engaged in the Belt and Road Initiative, one of which, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), was recently sanctioned and accused of corruption by the US g…

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