BEIJING, April 6 -- Su Hongzhang, a senior Party official in northeast China's Liaoning Province, has been investigated for "serious discipline violation", said the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Wednesday.

Su is a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Provincial Committee of Liaoning and head of the commission for political and legal affairs of CPC Provincial Committee of Liaoning.