Official watched and smoked out

An official from Nanjing, whose ultra-lavish lifestyle became a matter of national debate last year after he was spotted in an online photograph wearing a luxurious wristwatch and smoking expensive cigarettes, has been expelled from his administrative and Party posts "for accepting bribes".

Investigations have revealed that Zhou Jiugeng, director of the housing authorities of Jiangning district, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, took bribes worth "a few hundred thousand yuan", the Nanjing Daily quoted the local municipal commission for inspecting discipline and supervision bureau as saying.

It added that some other corruption cases against Zhou were still being probed.