Hainan vice governor Tan Li under probe

Tan Li, vice governor of south China's Hainan province, is under investigation for suspected "serious law and discipline violations," China's anti-graft authority said Tuesday.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) released the news on its website. The 58-year-old Tan is also a member of the standing committee of the Hainan provincial committee of the CPC.

Tan's case follows that of another disgraced vice governor of Hainan, Ji Wenlin, who was expelled from the CPC last week for taking advantage of his posts to seek benefits for others, demanding and receiving a huge amount in bribes, and committing adultery.

Tan served for 27 years in southwest China's Sichuan Province before going to Hainan in 2009. He was Party chief of Mianyang City of Sichuan from 2004 to 2009.