Disciplinary commission says official accepted huge bribes, took advantage of his position

The former Party chief of Yunnan province has been expelled from the Party and removed from his post, and his case was handed over to judicial authorities for further investigation, the Party's graft-fighting watchdog announced on Tuesday.

Bai Enpei, 68, who was also the former vice-chairman of the Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress of China, was found to have taken advantage of his post to seek profits for others and to have accepted huge bribes, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China.