Former Guangdong official under investigation

The country's top anti-graft body has required the Guangdong Provincial Party Commission of Discipline Inspection to further investigate a retired senior official from the province's Party Organization Department on suspicion of serious violations of Party discipline and laws.

Lin Cunde, former executive deputy head of the Guangdong Party Organization Department, was taken away by anti-graft officials at the end of September for involvement in the case of Wan Qingliang, according to caixin.com.

Wan, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Party chief of Guangzhou, was investigated and sacked at the end of June for serious violations of Party discipline and taking bribes.