Tencent Holdings Ltd (騰訊) said an employee is under investigation for alleged corruption in his personal dealings, rejecting a report that the probe involved the unauthorized transfer of WeChat (微信) data.
The probe of Zhang Feng (張峰) does not involve Tencent’s WeChat messaging service, a spokesperson said. The Wall Street Journal had reported earlier that Zhang had been detained for allegedly sharing personal data collected by WeChat with Sun Lijun (孫力軍), a former vice public security minister being investigated by Beijing.
Zhang, who had been identified as a vice president in a November 2018 statement by a local municipal government, has never
Tencent-backed WeDoctor close to raising $350m ahead of IPO
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WeDoctoris close to raising $350 million ahead of a planned initial public offering that’s been complicated by the departure of Chief Financial Officer John Cai, who joined this year to spearhead the deal, according to people familiar with the matter.
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