Head of China's Statistics Bureau under investigation

The head of China's Statistics Bureau is being investigated for an alleged discipline violation, the ruling Communist Party's anticorruption watchdog said on Tuesday.

In a statement, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said Wang Baoan is "suspected of serious violation of discipline."

While the statement did not go into further detail, the use of such wording in the past has generally referred to corruption.

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