BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Hu Wenming, former chairman of China Shipbuilding Industry Company Limited (CSIC), has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) over serious violations of Party discipline and laws, top anti-graft body announced Monday.

The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission said in a statement that Hu had engaged in superstitious activities.

An investigation found that Hu had violated the eight-point frugality code on Party and government conduct by playing golf, visiting private clubs and attending banquets, thus breaching the rules.

Hu was also found to have traded his power for money and sex, taken advantage of his position to seek profits for others in project contracting and asset acquisition, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property, among others.

Hu committed duty-related malfeasance and is suspected of taking bribes, said the anti-graft body, adding that he showed no sign of restraint even after the 18th CPC National Congress.

His illicit gains will be confiscated and the suspected crimes, along with the involving property and money, will be transferred to the procuratorate for further investigation and prosecution, the statement added. Enditem

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