Han Xuejian, a former standing committee member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has been expelled from the CPC and dismissed from public office following a graft investigation.
Han, also former chief of the Daqing City CPC committee, was found to have accepted gifts and taken advantage of his post to seek profits for his relatives, according to a statement issued by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on Thursday.
He also sought profits for others in cadre selection and enterprise operation and took huge bribes, said the CCDI.
Indicating the brazenness of his misdeeds, the statement said Han continued with the violations even after President Xi Jinping kicked off China's anti-corruption campaign at the 18th CPC National Congress in late 2012. "The nature of the case is vile and the circumstances grave," the statement added.
Han's bribery will be subject to a criminal investigation, and the cases will be transferred to judicial organs, according to the CCDI.
