New Delhi, Oct 18: In one of its largest-ever public crackdowns on the armed forces, China has expelled nine senior military officials, including He Weidong, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and Miao Hua, a CMC member, for “serious violations of discipline and the law,” state-run Global Times reported.

Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence, said the cases of the nine officials, who are suspected of “grave duty-related crimes involving particularly huge amounts of money,” have been transferred to military procuratorial organs for prosecution. “Their actions were extremely severe in nature and egregious in impact,” Zhang said, adding that their expulsion reflected the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) “zero tolerance” stance on corruption.

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