Vanke’s shares fell 3.29 per cent to HK$4.70 on Friday following media reports on Thursday evening that its president and CEO, Zhu Jiusheng, had been detained by police. The company’s mainland-listed shares dropped by 3.63 per cent to 6.63 yuan. Shenzhen Metro Group, operator of the city’s rail transit network, is Vanke’s largest shareholder.

Shares of China’s second-largest property developer, Vanke, dropped 7.8 percent Friday amid uncertainty over the whereabouts of the company's CEO, Zhu Jiusheng. Jiusheng was reportedly detained Thursday night,

China Vanke CEO Zhu Jiusheng was detained by public security authorities on Wednesday and a Shenzhen government task force has stepped in to oversee the property developer's operation, state media The Economic Observer reported on Thursday.

China's property sector is in turmoil as China Vanke's CEO, Zhu Jiusheng, has been detained. This has sparked fears of a government takeover, sending the company's shares plummeting. The incident is part of wider concerns about debt in China's real estate market,

Zhu Jiusheng, CEO of Vanke, was "taken away by public security authorities", the Economic Observer reported, citing sources.

China Vanke Co.’s top executive was taken away by police and the Chinese property giant may be assumed by state authorities, the Economic Observer reported, citing unidentified sources.Most Read from BloombergThese Homes Withstood the LA Fires.

The Hong Kong-listed shares of property developer China Vanke were set to fall 8.4% on Friday after state media reported that Chief Executive Zhu Jiusheng was detained by Chinese

Concern over China's embattled property sector has deepened after state media reported the detention of China Vanke's chief executive and said authorities are overseeing operations, sending the developer's shares plummeting on Friday.