Politburo member Zhang Youxia is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law”

China has launched an investigation into its highest-ranking general, Zhang Youxia, the country’s Defense Ministry has announced.

Zhang, a member of the Communist Party’s Politburo and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), China’s top military body chaired by President Xi Jinping, is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and law,” according to a statement released by the MOD on Saturday. Another senior military official, CMC member Liu Zhenli, is also under investigation on similar grounds.

Zhang, 74, joined the People’s…

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