Tencent spokesman said that the investigation of employees Zhang Feng involves personal corruption and has nothing to do with WeChat domestic or international version.People familiar with the matter also said that Ma Huateng, chairman and co -founder of Tencent, was not investigated. He could leave the country freely and visited Singapore last year.
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Comprehensive Bloomberg and Reuters reported yesterday that Tencent spokesman said that the investigation of the employee Zhang Feng involved personal corruption and had nothing to do with WeChat domestic or international version.
People who do not want to be named also said that Ma Huateng, chairman and co -founder of Tencent, was not investigated. He could leave the country freely and visited Singapore last year.
The Wall Street Journal had previously quoted people familiar with the matter that Tencent executives Zhang Feng was controlled by relevant Chinese departments because of corruption cases involved in senior officials in China.
It is reported that since the beginning of last year, Zhang Feng has been investigating by China's anti -corruption institutions. He was suspected of providing personal information collected by Tencent's social media to the former deputy minister of public security Sun Lijun.Sun Lijun is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision and investigation of the State Supervision Commission of the CPC Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. The official has not disclosed the plot of disciplinary violations.
People familiar with the matter said that the authorities are investigating what kind of information did Zhang Feng share with Sun Lijun and what Sun Lijun might use information to do.
More than two years ago, the Zhangjiakou Municipal Government of Hebei Province had stated in a manuscript that Zhang Feng was the vice president of Tencent, and said that Zhang Feng had met with the mayor of Wuweidong, the city in October 2018.The cooperation between the Winter Olympics and precision poverty alleviation and other industries conducted a docking and exchanges.
However, Bloomberg quoted Tencent spokesperson that Zhang Feng had never held senior positions and was not vice president.
Tencent said earlier this month that since the fourth quarter of 2019, the Tencent Anti -Fraud Investigation Department discovered a total of more than 60 cases of investigating and dealing with violating the "Tencent High -pressure Line" case, and more than 100 people were fired for violating the "Tencent High -pressure Line".Suspected crimes were transferred to the public security organs for processing.
It is reported that Tencent's rare anti -fraud notification highlights Beijing's high -pressure position for government cadres and corporate executives.In addition to Tencent, China has also strengthened the supervision of scientific and technological giants such as Alibaba.
Tencent's stock price fell 1.6%in Hong Kong yesterday, and then reduced its decline.