Vice Chairman and President of PetroChina Company Limited Jiang Jiemin attends a news conference in Hong Kong in this March 19, 2007 file photo. [Photo/Agencies]

BEIJING -- Jiang Jiemin, former head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, was expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) for serious discipline and law violations, said the top discipline inspection agency here Monday.

Jiang Jiemin removed from office: authority

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The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) found after an investigation that Jiang was guilty of taking advantage of his post to seek benefits for others, extorting and receiving a huge amount of bribery.

The CCDI said Jiang's conduct has seriously violated the Party discipline and the bribery-taking problem has allegedly infringed laws.

The CCDI has decided to hand over Jiang's case to prosecutors for suspected infringement of law, it added.

Jiang was removed from office because of suspected serious discipline violations in last September.