File photo: Wang Suyi

Wang Suyi, former senior official of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and dismissed from public office, the Party's discipline agency announced Wednesday.

Wang was investigated for serious discipline violations, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said in a statement.

Wang was a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Committee of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and head of the United Front Work Department of the regional Party committee.

According to the CCDI's investigation, he took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others and accepted huge amount of money and property personally or through his family members.

He broke Party disciplines and was suspected of violating the criminal law, the statement said.

Wang's illicit gains have been confiscated and his case will be transferred to judicial departments, it said.