BEIJING: China’s main anti-corruption watchdog  said on Thursday it has formally begun an investigation into the former  governor of China’s populous south-western province of Sichuan, accusing  him of serious “discipline violations”. The government said last month  that former governor Wei Hong was suspected of corruption, but had given  no other details other than using the term “discipline violations”, the  common official euphemism for graft in China. The ruling Communist  Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said Wei was  “disloyal to the party, dishonest and did not value

the many educational  and remedial opportunities”.