Canadian Executive Quits Beijing-Led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Citing CCP Control

Canadian Executive Quits Beijing-Led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Citing CCP Control
General view of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) building in Beijing on Jan. 13, 2016. VCG via Getty Images
Isaac Teo
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The global communications chief for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced his resignation, saying in a statement on June 14 that the bank is being controlled by “Communist Party hacks” and that Canada’s best interests are not served by being a member.

“As a patriotic Canadian, this was my only course,” said executive Bob Pickard of his resignation in a series of tweets Wednesday.