China Mobile vice chairman under investigation

HONG KONG: China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, said on Saturday its vice chairman Zhang Chunjiang is under investigation for breach of rules.

"Zhang Chunjiang, for personal reasons, has been involved in serious breach of rules," China Mobile said in a statement, without elaborating on the nature of the alleged violation.

"At the moment the matter is being investigated by relevant departments," the statement said.

Zhang is both vice chairman and an executive director of China Mobile, having joined the company's board in 2008.

His past posts include a number of high positions at China Netcom, a former leading fixed-line telecoms provider in China that got merged this year with China Unicom under a broad industry restructuring.