BEIJING, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- Ren Hua, a former vice chairperson of the government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office over serious violations of Party discipline and laws, the country's top anti-graft body announced Monday.
The announcement by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission came on the heels of an investigation carried out by the authority into the case of Ren, also a former member of the leading Party members group of the regional government.
Ren was found to have flouted the original aspiration and founding mission of the CPC and was disloyal to the Party, the anti-graft body said.
Failing to abide by the central Party leadership's eight-point decision on improving conduct at work, she attended banquets and accepted other extravagant consumption arrangements that could affect the fair execution of her official duties, as well as gifts and money, according to the investigation findings.
Ren reaped huge profits from illegal lending, taking advantage of large sums of money of the entities or individuals within her administration or service sphere, the authority said.
She also took undue advantage of her position to seek benefits for others in terms of enterprise operation, project contracting and land transfer, and illegally accepted huge amounts of money and property in return, it added.
Ren's acts constituted a serious breach of office duties and she was suspected of taking bribes, the anti-graft body said, adding that her illicit gains will be confiscated and suspected crimes will be transferred to the procuratorate for prosecution. Enditem
