Senior national legislator under investigation

BEIJING, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Wang Zhonglin, deputy head of the Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People's Congress, is under disciplinary and supervisory investigation, an official statement said Friday.

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Wang is being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Commission of Supervision for suspected severe violations of Party discipline and the law, the statement added.