民生銀行證實其一名支行長正接受調查

China’s Minsheng Bank has confirmed one of its branch managers in Beijing is under investigation after mainland media reported the same on Tuesday, sending its shares tumbling to the lowest level in nine months.

中國民生銀行(Minsheng Bank)已證實，其在北京的一名支行行長正在接受調查。週二，中國內地媒體報道了該行一支行長接受調查一事，導致該行股價跌至9個月來的最低水平。

The bank said in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday morning that it had discovered Zhang Ying, president of its Beijing branch’s Hangtianqiao sub-branch, was “suspected of illegal conduct and the Company immediately reported the case to the police department.”

民生銀行在週三早上提交證交所的一份公報中表示，該行已發現其北京分行航天橋支行行長張穎“有涉嫌違法行爲，（公司）立即向公安部門報案”。

Minsheng Bank did not confirm details from mainland Chinese media reports that prompted its Hong Kong-listed stock to close on Tuesday down 2.8 per cent to HK$7.90 – the lowest level since July 20 – saying the “amount involved and the specific facts of the case as reported by certain media are still under investigation”.

民生銀行並未證實中國內地媒體報道內容的細節，表示“針對媒體報道的涉案金額及具體案情正在調查過程中”。中國內地媒體的報道導致該行港股股價在週二收跌2.8%，至每股7.9港元，是去年7月20日以來的最低水平。

Chinese news magazine Caixin on Tuesday morning reported that Mr Zhang had been detained by authorities in Beijing and that police had searched his home and office. It cited multiple unnamed sources as saying he had taken around Rmb3bn from wealth management funds to use in issuing a loan without official approval.

中國媒體《財新》(Caixin)週二早上報道稱，張穎已被北京有關部門控制，其家及辦公室均被警方搜查。《財新》援引多名未具名人士的說法稱，張穎在未經正式批准的情況下，用約30億元人民幣理財資金髮放了一筆貸款。