The story so far: On October 17, China’s Defence Ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang announced the expulsion of nine high-ranking military commanders, who held posts in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Central Military Commission (CMC), from the Communist Party of China (CPC). Some of these individuals have been reported missing, and had already been removed from their military posts.
Why were they expelled?
The official line states that these nine individuals seriously violated party discipline and were suspected of major duty-related crimes involving “extraordinarily large sums of money”. The party disciplinary regulations of the CPC stipulate five types of disciplinary sanctions for party members — warnings, serious warnings, removal from internal party posts,
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