A former director-level official for the disciplinary body in Guangdong Province is under investigation for alleged corruption, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Tuesday.
Zhong Shijian, former deputy head of the disciplinary body of the Communist Party of China Guangdong provincial committee, and former head of the provincial department of supervision, is suspected of taking and giving bribes.
He has been placed under compulsory measures, which include summons by force, bail, residential surveillance, detention and arrest.
The SPP and Fujian provincial people's procuratorate designated the people's procuratorate in Xiamen to investigate and file the case.
The case is now under investigation.