Wuhan official sacked over bribe taking, malfeasance

A doctor in a protective suit checks with patients at a temporary hospital at Tazihu Gymnasium in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. An official of Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, has been removed from public office and placed under criminal investigation for suspected bribe taking and malfeasance, the local discipline watchdog said Saturday (Feb 22). - AP

WUHAN: An official of Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, has been removed from public office and placed under criminal investigation for suspected bribe taking and malfeasance, the local discipline watchdog said Saturday (Feb 22).

Cai Jie, a former standing committee member of the Wuhan municipal committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the committee's secretary-general, was also expelled from the CPC, the discipline inspection and supervisory commission of Hubei Province said, citing Cai's violations of Party disciplines and laws.