Mi Fengjun, a senior legislator in China's northeastern Jilin Province, was dismissed from the national legislature on Saturday for allegedly breaking the law.

Members of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee adopted a resolution to terminate Mi's eligibility as deputy to the 11th NPC, in accordance with a decision earlier made by the Jilin Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee.

Mi, a former vice chairman of the Jilin Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee, was expelled "for suspected violations of discipline and law," said the resolution. However, it did not specify what the violations were.

(Xinhua News Agency February 28, 2009)