A vice president of Sichuan University in southwest China's Sichuan Province is under investigation on suspicion of crimes, provincial authorities said on Wednesday. An Xiaoyu, vice president and member of the standing committee of the CPC Sichuan University committee, is being probed for serious violation of discipline, according to the provincial discipline inspection commission. Authorities are handling his case according to procedure and have passed the case to judiciary organizations, according to the commission. Sichuan University, located in the provincial capital of Chengdu, is one of China's key comprehensive research universities under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education.