The head of a major bank in Tianjin was found dead in his office in an apparent suicide, in the latest in a recent string of deaths among government and ruling Communist Party officials.
Tianjin Rural Commercial Bank Chairman Yin Jinbao was found Saturday afternoon with both of his wrists slit, official state media said.
Yin also served as head of the bank's ruling Communist Party committee, giving him quasi-government official status.
Yin's bank was under inspection and he was under pressure over major losses and scandals at another bank in Tianjin where he served as chairman until last year, the reports said.