Advisory official is investigated for corruption

Crackdown called a 'serious practice', not temporary

An official from China's top advisory body is under investigation for alleged corruption, the country's top anti-graft agency announced on Friday.

Yang Gang, deputy director of the Committee for Economic Affairs of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, is suspected of committing "serious law and discipline violations", according to the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.