BEIJING -- China said Friday that the highest-ranking official so far this year is under investigation for corruption, news that came just a day after a former vice governor was expelled from the ruling Communist Party.
Nur Bekri, the head of the National Energy Administration and the former governor of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, is under investigation for suspected violations of party disciplinary rules, the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection -- China's top anti-graft agency -- said on Friday.
