 Several days later, Tong was dismissed from his position as Vice-Chairman of Hunan Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference.On January 2, 2014, Tong was expelled from the Communist Party of China, then taken into custody for judicial proceedings.Tong's case is unique compared to other officials who have been accused of corruption since the 18th Party Congress in that the initial investigation did not explicitly state Tong was "involved" in the scandal itself, but only that he was "negligent".