Senior Qinghai provincial legislator under probe

BEIJING -- Li Jiexiang, a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of Qinghai Provincial People's Congress, is under investigation for suspected severe violations of party disciplines and laws, according to the top anti-graft agency on Thursday.

Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Qinghai Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, is being investigated by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.