Crackdown escalates: China opens investigation into former Nexen chief executive Posted On: April 2, 2024 Posted By: admin Comments: 0 Former CNOOC Ltd international presidents Fang Zhi and Chen Ming face corruption probe Under investigation: then-Nexen chief executive Fang Zhi (second from left) shows reporters a jar of bitumen at a spill site in Alberta, Canada, in 2015.Photo: SCANPIX/REUTERS