The CCP CC's Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) announced on December 30, 2016, that an investigation launched into former Vice Minister of State Security (MoSS) Ma Jian's "serious disciplinary violations" had concluded and he had been expelled from the CCP.  The CDIC statement said he had "seriously violated political discipline and the code of conduct, confronted an organizational probe, as well as transferred and hid money and property related to his case. He also failed to give a report on his personal information, including real estate properties, in accordance with regulations, and illicitly handled exit permits for his family."