Top anti-graft body approves punishment of two former officials

BEIJING - China's top anti-graft body on Sunday issued a communique, endorsing prior decisions to punish two former senior officials.

The communique was issued after the seventh plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which was held from Friday to Sunday.

The plenum deliberated and passed a CCDI report on "serious disciplinary violations" of Wang Zhongtian and "disciplinary violations" of Li Jianbo, according to the communique.

Wang, a former CCDI member, has been removed from Party posts, while Li, also a former CCDI member, has been given punishment of serious warning and ordered to resign from the post in CCDI.

The communique also announced the election of Li Shulei as deputy secretary of the CCDI.

A total of 123 CCDI members attended the plenum while another 266 people attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates.