Group sex official is dismissed

KUNMING - An official in Southwest China's Yunnan province has been dismissed from his post after images showing him taking part in group sex were posted online, local disciplinary authorities confirmed on Thursday.

The Kunming disciplinary inspection committee released a statement saying that the official, identified only by his surname Cheng, has "severely damaged social morality" through his behavior.

Cheng, an official with the Kunming commission of development and reform, was also expelled from the Communist Party of China.