Zhai Changping, an employee with the Dalian branch of the Bank
of China (BOC) in northeast China's Liaoning
Province, was arrested and charged with embezzling US$6
million, local public security department declared Saturday.
The Dalian branch of the BOC reported to the local public
security department on Jan. 21 that Zhai was suspected to have
embezzled bank funds and fled.
The Ministry of Public Security issued a nationwide order for
Zhai's arrest.
Zhai was arrested on March 21 in Heilongjiang Province in
northeast China and was sent back to Dalian on March 24.
Zhai had allegedly been embezzling money starting from 1999
while working as a typist to input data into computer system, local
police said.
Police did not reveal how he managed embezzled so much. Further
investigation is underway, they said.
(Xinhua News Agency March 27, 2005)