Chinese official executed for bribe taking, embezzlement

The China Post - A former official with the Agriculture Bank of China was executed Tuesday for taking bribes and embezzling bank funds worth about 15 million yuan (US$2 million; euro1.45 million), a newspaper reported. Wen Mengjie, 50, had been in charge of information technology at the bank's Beijing office from February, 1999 to February, 2004. Full Story