Senior north China official under investigation

Jing Chunhua, a senior official in north China's Hebei Province, has been put under investigation for "suspected serious discipline and law violations", according to the top anti-graft body on Tuesday.

Jing is a member of the standing committee of the Hebei provincial committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said a statement published on the website of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.