Three former senior officials in central China's Hubei Province were expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and sacked from their public posts for corruption, said the provincial CPC discipline watchdog on Saturday.

The three were Zhang Qinyun, former member of the party committee and general manager of Hubei Daily Media Group, Xing Jinghua, former head of the CPC Publicity Department of Jingzhou City and Wang Hongqiang, former deputy director of the standing committee of the People's Congress of Yichang City.

The three were all accused of accepting huge sums in bribes and have seriously violated discipline, said the Hubei Provincial CPC Discipline Commission.

Their cases will be transferred to judicial authorities.