Senior insurance official under probe for bribery

BEIJING - A senior official with a Chinese state-owned insurance corporation is under investigation over alleged bribery charges, local procuratorate in Hebei said Tuesday.

Dai Chunning, a deputy general manager with China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation, has been "placed under coercive measures," the procuratorate said in a statement.

According to China's criminal procedure law, coercive measures include summons by force, bail, residential surveillance, detention and arrest. The statement did not specify which measures have been taken so far.