China executes finance official for taking 'especially enormous' bribes

China finance official Lai Xiaomin executed in bribery case Posted 32 m minutes ago Fri Friday 29 Jan January 2021 at 1:58pm Lai was placed under investigation by the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog in 2018. (AFP) Print with images and other media Print text only Print Cancel The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company has been executed on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Key points: The official was one of thousands caught in an anti-graft campaign He asked for or collected over $340 million over a decade…