Beijing: Han Zhanwu, deputy chief of China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, is being investigated for suspected serious violations of Party disciplinary rules and laws, the country's top anti-graft agency announced on Sunday.

According to Namibia Press Agency, Han, who is also a member of the leading Party members' group of the administration, is under investigation by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.