The head of a bank in northern China was found dead in his office in an apparent suicide, state media reported Monday, in the latest in a recent string of deaths among government and ruling Communist Party officials. Tianjin Rural Commercial Bank Chairman Yin Jinbao was found Saturday afternoon with both of his wrists slit, official state media said. Yin also served as head of the bank’s ruling Communist Party committee, giving him quasi-government official status. Middle and upper-level Chinese officials are often under intense pressure to boost revenue and economic growth amid local government debt. Meanwhile, President and party head Xi Jinping has been pursuing a relentless campaign against waste and corruption that has seen well over a million officials punished over the past five years.

Source: Hindustan Times May 28, 2018 09:22 UTC