Two of China’s highest-ranking officers and seven other senior military officials have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military on suspicion of serious misconduct linked to corruption, according to the country’s Defence Ministry.

He Weidong, China’s second-highest-ranking general, and navy admiral Miao Hua , the Chinese military’s former top political officer, are the latest senior military officials to be targeted in a campaign against corruption in the People’s Liberation Army.

General He’s removal is the first of a sitting commander in the Central Military Commission since the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution.

He had not been seen in public since March, and the investigation into his activities was not previously disclosed by Chinese authorities.

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