China expels former Politburo member Ma Xingrui from Communist Party after graft probe
- Former Politburo member and Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui has been removed from the party and dismissed from public office following an anti-corruption investigation, the state broadcaster said on Tuesday (Jul 14).
- Ma, 67, became the third member of the Politburo - the ruling party’s elite political body - to come under investigation in the current term that began in 2022, a situation unseen in decades.
- The Politburo reviewed and approved the report on Ma’s cases by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the ruling party’s top disciplinary and anti-corruption body, on Jun 30,
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- Former Politburo member and Xinjiang party chief Ma Xingrui has been removed from the party and dismissed from public office following an anti-corruption investigation, the state broadcaster said on Tuesday (Jul 14).
- Ma, 67, became the third member of the Politburo - the ruling party’s elite political body - to come under investigation in the current term that began in 2022, a situation unseen in decades.
- The Politburo reviewed and approved the report on Ma’s cases by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the ruling party’s top disciplinary and anti-corruption body, on Jun 30,
Sources: CNA