China sacks vice-head of parliament advisory body after probe

Then Communist Party Secretary of Jiangxi province, Su Rong attends a group discussion during the National People's Congress in Beijing March 6, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

BEIJING (Reuters) - A vice-chairman of China's top parliamentary advisory body has been sacked, becoming the latest senior official to fall from grace, after the ruling Communist Party said he was being investigated for graft, state media said on Wednesday.

Su Rong, appointed one of the 23 vice-chairmen of the largely ceremonial Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference last year, has also been expelled from the body, the official Xinhua news agency said.