Former Kuaishou executive arrested for alleged corruption amid anti-bribery pressure on China’s Big Tech


Zhao Danyang, a former vice-president at Kuaishou responsible for its content business, was arrested along with two subordinates. The video-sharing company joins other tech giants, including Tencent, with employees that have been investigated for corruption. — SCMP

Kuaishou Technology, China’s second-biggest short video platform that recently went public in Hong Kong, confirmed on Thursday that its former vice-president Zhao Danyang has been arrested for alleged corruption.

Zhao joined Kuaishou in February 2015 and was mainly responsible for the company’s content business. Li Lei and Xu Juan, Zhao’s subordinates at Kuaishou, were also arrested for suspected misappropriation of company assets, Kuaishou confirmed to the South China Morning Post. The news was first reported by Chinese media outlet Tech Xingqiu on Wednesday.

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