Beijing: China's ruling Communist Party today expelled two top military officers from Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia on corruption charges, while a former legislator was jailed for 12 years for accepting $1.75 million bribe.
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) today said that 20 other military officers from Beijing, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanghai and Hebei have been punished for "disciplinary violations", in the continued crackdown on corruption in the military.
Zhang Genheng, former head of the frontier army regiment under Xinjiang's public security bureau, and Li Wenli, former director of the military service office of the Inner Mongolia regional public security department - were removed from CPC.
Zhang and Li took advantage of their positions to help others gain promotions in the army and seek other benefits.
Their cases have been transferred to judicial bodies.
Top CPC officials as well as thousands of middle and low ranking bureaucrats were prosecuted and punished in the biggest anti-corruption champaign launched by President Xi Jinping after he took over power in 2013.
Meanwhile, former head of Sichuan province's political advisory body Li Chongxi was today sentenced to 12 years in jail for taking bribes worth about 11.1 million yuan ( $1.75 million), state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) today said that 20 other military officers from Beijing, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanghai and Hebei have been punished for "disciplinary violations", in the continued crackdown on corruption in the military.
Zhang Genheng, former head of the frontier army regiment under Xinjiang's public security bureau, and Li Wenli, former director of the military service office of the Inner Mongolia regional public security department - were removed from CPC.
Zhang and Li took advantage of their positions to help others gain promotions in the army and seek other benefits.
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Their cases have been transferred to judicial bodies.
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Top CPC officials as well as thousands of middle and low ranking bureaucrats were prosecuted and punished in the biggest anti-corruption champaign launched by President Xi Jinping after he took over power in 2013.
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Meanwhile, former head of Sichuan province's political advisory body Li Chongxi was today sentenced to 12 years in jail for taking bribes worth about 11.1 million yuan ( $1.75 million), state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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