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Su Rong, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, has been put under investigation for suspected disciplinary violations, according to a statement by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on June 14.

Su is the most senior Chinese official to be probed for graft since the 18th CPC National Congress in late 2012.

Su, 66, served as Vice Secretary General of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee and Secretary General of the CPC Qinghai, Gansu and Jiangxi Provincial Committees from 1998 to 2013.