A few things:
1) When I said heads would roll I was being metaphoric, not literal. Most likely he was killed by a single gunshot administered either to the base of the skull from behind or to the heart as this is the standard method of execution in China at this time.
2) He was executed by the Chinese government.
3) He was executed, this is important,
for taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies in exchange for licensing medicines that had not been properly tested for consumer safety.
4) The likely covert reason for his execution is the preponderance of food and medicine related scandals that have rocked China over the last two years. These include (but are not limited to):
Toxic red dye in duck eggs.
Melamine in baby formula.
Melamine in animal feed.
Melamine in other, miscellaneous, dairy products.
Brake fluid in toothpaste.
Unsafe medicine.
Now, please allow me to be clear about another thing:
In all of these cases there is absolutely no indication that there was any involvement of Triads. Every one of these cases involved simple malfeasance on behalf of otherwise legitimate businesspeople and allegations of corruption within the food and drug administration who took bribes to look the other way. Although there may be Triad involvement with some corrupt politicians in China they are not a major player in the food and medicine industries. Nor are they major players in the land development issues or natural resource management issues that mark two other areas China has major problems in with regards to corruption.
Furthermore this is not and never should be percieved as an issue of ethnicity. It is related to the current socio-economic conditions present within the nation of the People's Republic of China at this time.
I hope this helps to clarify what is
on topic.
If you are in further doubt you can read the article I linked to in the first post.
Oh, and this just came down the pipe today...