Former vice governor of Yunnan under investigation

BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Zulin, former vice governor of southwest China's Yunnan Province, is under disciplinary and supervisory investigation, according to an official statement issued Friday.

Zhang, also formerly a member of the leading Party members group of the Yunnan provincial government, is being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Supervisory Commission for suspected severe violations of disciplines and laws, the two bodies said in a statement.