$16 million cash found at official's home

Law enforcement officers found almost 100 million yuan ($16 million) in cash in the home of a senior National Energy Administration official who was investigated recently, caixin.com reported on Thursday.

Officers found the money when they took Wei Pengyuan, a deputy director of the administration's coal department, into custody at his home. They borrowed 16 currency-counting machines from a Beijing bank to tally the cash, the report said.