ChinaCoal official arrested for taking bets

A former top executive of a State-owned enterprise has been arrested over allegations he accepted money from people on the mainland to place bets in Macao special administrative region, one of the biggest gambling centers in the world.

Zhang Baoshan, former vice general manger of China National Coal Group Corp (ChinaCoal), was arrested last month, the Economy and Nation Weekly, a news magazine affiliated with the Xinhua news agency, reported.

ChinaCoal is the country's second largest coal producer by output.