Senior Chinese lawmaker sacked after graft probe

Beijing

CHINA'S ruing Communist Party sacked a senior lawmaker who was under investigation for graft, China's anti-corruption commission said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of corruption cases against high ranking political and business figures.

Bai Enpei, formerly the party boss of the South-western province of Yunnan, was fired from his position at China's parliament after investigators found he accepted bribes in "huge amounts". He also served as governor and party chief of the western province of Qinghai, according to his official biography.