BEIJING, Oct. 15 -- The Party chief of Datong city in north China's Shanxi Province, Feng Lixiang, is being investigated for "suspected severe disciplinary and law violations," according to the top anti-graft body.

Feng is the secretary of the Datong municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said a statement published on the website of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Wednesday.