Ex-lottery official probed for graft

Feng Lizhi, former deputy head of the China Welfare Lottery Distribution and Management Center of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was placed under investigation for alleged graft, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Feng, 59, who is deputy head of the China Center for Children's Welfare and Adoption, is being investigated by both the CCDI and the National Supervisory Commission for violating Party discipline and laws.

From 2006 to 2013, he mainly served as assistant to the head of the lottery center; director of the center's marketing department; deputy head of the center; and, most recently, deputy head of the adoption center.