Deputy head of energy agency probed for graft

Wang Xiaolin, deputy head of the National Energy Administration, is being investigated for serious discipline violations, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the top anti-graft watchdog, said on Tuesday.

The CCDI did not release details of the case.

Wang, 55, was ranked first among four deputy heads at the administration, and he was in charge of the administration's general affairs, coal mine examination and approval, personnel management and publicity offices.