Head coach Li Tie is seen before a Group A match between China and Guam at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Preliminary Joint Qualification in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, in this May 30, 2021 file photo. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

WUHAN - Li Tie, former head coach of China's national men's football team, is under investigation for suspected severe violation of laws, an official statement said Saturday.

Li is being investigated by a discipline inspection and supervision team stationed at the General Administration of Sport of China, which was sent by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision, and the Hubei provincial commission of supervision, according to the statement.