SHANGHAI AP – A second former employee of a Coca-Cola Co. bottling plant in China is under investigation for allegedly taking kickbacks, a company spokesman said Tuesday, days after it confirmed the detention of another former employee of the joint venture.

But Kenth Kaerhoeg, a Coca-Cola spokesman in Hong Kong, refuted reports that the former employees of the bottling plant, Shanghai Shen-mei Beverage & Food Co. Ltd., were suspected of bribing officials.