US EditionChina Places Poliburo Member Ma Xingrui Under Corruption Probe
The anti-graft watchdog gave no details as Ma becomes the latest senior official targeted in China’s stepped-up corruption purge.
- On Friday, April 3, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced an investigation into Politburo member Ma Xingrui for suspected "serious violation of law and discipline," though authorities disclosed no specific case details.
- This investigation continues Chinese leader Xi Jinping's signature anti-corruption drive, which has purged thousands of officials since 2012, making Ma the third Politburo member investigated during the current term.
- Previously serving as Xinjiang party secretary from 2021, Ma has been absent from state media footage since the Communist Party Central Committee's Fourth Plenum in October and missed the annual parliament meeting last month.
- Recent investigations include top general Zhang Youxia in January and former defense ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, reducing the Politburo's membership and leaving Ma and Zhang as members in name only.
- Chen Xiaojiang replaced Ma as Xinjiang party chief last July, overseeing a region known for detention centers and assimilationist policies, which China says were in response to attacks by a small number of extremists.
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In China, Ma Xingrui, the former leader of the Xinjiang Communist Party, is under investigation for "serious violations of discipline and the law." He is especially the third member of the political bureau to be purged since 2022. He had not appeared in public for several months.
For years, the Chinese leader has been working against corruption - and thus also disloyal officials are getting rid of him. He is now being investigated against a Politburo member. He is accused of "violations against law and discipline".
CCP Probes Politburo Member Ma Xingrui as Purge Deepens
Beijing has placed a senior Chinese Communist Party official under investigation and accused him of serious violations of discipline and law, Chinese state media reported on April 3, signaling that the purges within China’s upper echelon of power are far from over. Ma Xingrui, a member of the Politburo—the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) second-highest decision-making body—is currently under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipli…
Powerlor Xi Jinping has ordered Rosskur against corruption to his party, many of the old leaders have already lost their posts. Now it has caught Politburo member Ma Xingrui.
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