Chinese telecommunications company ZTE on Friday announced its independent non-executive director Bao Yuming had submitted his resignation amid his ongoing child rape investigation, China's state daily Global Times reports. Bao had held his post at ZTE since mid-2018 and received a salary of 250,000 yuan (US$35,525) in 2019. Bao was also chief legal officer at Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co. in Yantai, eastern Shandong province. Jereh on Thursday confirmed the company had been in negotiations with Bao and his employment contract has now been terminated. On April 8, 2019, Li attempted to take her own life but was found and brought to police.

Source: The Standard April 10, 2020 11:37 UTC