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Hubei

Former official expelled from Party

Zhou Bin, former deputy secretary of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Party Committee of Wuhan, Hubei province, was expelled from the Party and removed from public office for disciplinary and legal violations, China's anti-graft watchdogs announced on Monday. Zhou accepted gifts and money that might affect the fair execution of official duties, engaged in profit-making activities against regulations and owned shares in nonlisted companies, according to a statement released by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Supervisory Commission. He often participated in poker games with real money, they said.