Ex-AIIB Comms Chief Says Was Advised to Flee China After Fiery Resignation

Ex-AIIB Comms Chief Says Was Advised to Flee China After Fiery Resignation
General view of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) building in Beijing on Jan. 13, 2016. VCG via Getty Images
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A senior employee of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Thursday he was advised to flee the country after resigning from the bank in protest over what he alleged was Chinese Communist Party influence.

Bob Pickard, a Canadian national and former global communications chief for the AIIB, announced his resignation in a scathing social media post on Wednesday. Hours later Ottawa said it was freezing ties with the bank while it probed the allegations.