Chairman of China Resources removed from office

Song Lin, Chairman of China Resources (Holdings) Co Ltd, speaks during a ceremony in Hong Kong, China, 1 March 2010.[File photo / dfic.cn]

BEIJING -- Song Lin, chairman of state-owned China Resources (Holdings) Co Ltd, has been dismissed from office for suspected serious discipline and law violations, authorities said Saturday.

Song was also removed from his office as the Communist Party of China chief of the enterprise, said an official with the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee.

The case is being handled according to relevant procedures, the official said.

The news came after the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced earlier that Song was under investigation.