China claims one of its most senior scalps in Communist Party graft crackdown
Investigators say former CPPCC vice-chairman Su Rong is responsible for crisis in Jiangxi; he also sold posts and let relatives take advantage
The first state leader detained on suspicion of corruption since President Xi Jinping took office has been expelled from the Communist Party and will face trial, the country's top anti-graft agency announced yesterday.
Su Rong the former vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), collected "huge amounts of illegal profits" by selling official posts and seriously violated other aspects of party discipline, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said.
The agency said Su had allowed his relatives to take advantage of his political power, and that he should take the main responsibility for the corruption crisis in Jiangxi province as well.
Mainland media reported earlier this year that Su's wife, Yu Lifang, had taken a sinecure at Minsheng Bank.
The bank's former president, Mao Xiaofeng , has also been taken in for questioning by the graft-buster.
Yu had reportedly sat on the bank board's audit committee "for a long time" after she retired.
The CCDI confirmed that Su had been expelled from the party and removed from his official posts. The agency also said Su's case had been transferred to the judiciary.
