China’s second-ranked military general has become the latest in a series of top brass to come under investigation for corruption, China’s Ministry of National Defence announced on Friday.
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He Weidong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a member of the 24-man Politburo, was expelled from the Communist Party and the army, the ministry said.
He is the first serving member of the present Politburo, the Communist Party’s top decision-making body, to face such an investigation.
He is also the third CMC member to be removed since the existing line-up took office in 2022.
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The CMC, chaired by President Xi Jinping, sits at the apex of China’s military command chain.
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