A State newspaper manager has been found to have permanent residence in the United Kingdom along with his family, violating China's regulation that official media management are not allowed to obtain such status in other countries.

Tang Dongning, former deputy president of the Beijing-based newspaper Science and Technology Daily, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and removed from his post, according to the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. The paper is affiliated to and administered by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

He was found by discipline officials to illegally have gained permanent residence in the UK. He has also helped his spouse and children obtain residential status.