BEIJING, June 2 -- Wang Yang, a former senior legislator in northeast China's Liaoning Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and removed from public office for multiple offenses including graft and election foul play.

The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) announced the decision in a statement released Thursday.

Wang was deputy head of the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress.