Yu Gang, former deputy head of the general office of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, had been stripped of his Party membership and official post for "serious violation of discipline and law", the CPC's disciplinary watchdog said on July 2.

According to the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), Yu was found to have taken advantage of his position to seek interests for others, taken huge bribes and committed adultery.

The CCDI has handed over his case to prosecutors for suspected infringement of law, it added.