BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Zheng Xuelin, former chief judge of the No. 1 Civil Adjudication Tribunal of China's Supreme People's Court (SPC), has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) over serious violations of Party discipline and laws.

The decision was made following an investigation by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision, upon the approval of the CPC Central Committee, according to a statement released by China's top anti-graft agency on Monday.

The investigation found that Zheng, also a member of the judicial committee of the SPC, had lost his ideals and beliefs, and betrayed his original aspirations and mission, the statement said.

Zheng was disloyal and dishonest to the Party, and he had resisted investigation, undertaken superstitious activities, engaged in activities that violated the Party's eight-point decision on improving Party and government conduct, and accepted money and gifts against regulations as well as banquet invitations that might affect the fairness of his performance of public duties, according to the statement.

It said that among many misdeeds, Zheng had lost sight of the bottom line of discipline and the law, broken laws while enforcing them, engaged in the trade of power for money, and taken advantage of his judicial position to seek profits for others in case representation and litigation, in exchange for huge sums of money and valuables.

These actions gravely breached Party discipline rules and constitute serious duty-related crimes. Zheng is also suspected of the criminal offense of accepting bribes, according to the statement.

Zheng's illicit gains will be confiscated, and his case will be transferred to procuratorial authorities for further examination and prosecution in accordance with the law, the statement said. Enditem

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