The former director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau, Li Gang, has lost his National People’s Congress (NPC) seat and is under investigation for “severe violations of party discipline”, according to a statement on the NPC website on Friday.
Li was abruptly removed from his post as deputy chief of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council late last month. He had held the post since July last year.
Observers have pointed out that the 62-year-old former deputy director of the Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Hong Kong is still three years shy of his normal retirement age of 65.
