Detectives also reportedly discovered an astonishing £30billion in suspected bribes in the bureaucrat's bank account, which would make him the richest man in China. Footage of police allegedly counting piles of gold bars in the official's home has gone viral on social media, although red-faced Chinese censors have banned the clip. Qi is under investigation by China's corruption watchdog as part of President Xi Jinping's crackdown on graft, the Mail Online reports. (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)China came 87th on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index for 2018. The richest man in China is Ma Huateng, a Chinese business magnate who founded the technology firm Tencent.

Source: Daily Mirror October 03, 2019 00:56 UTC