Guangxi political advisor removed for graft probe

BEIJING - A senior political advisor of south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region has been removed from his posts, said the Party organization department here Saturday.

Li Daqiu, vice chairman of Guangxi Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and also chairman of the Guangxi Federation of Trade Unions, was suspected of serious disciplinary violations, said a statement from the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) announced on July 6 that Li is under investigation.