Officers in probe over corruption

Twenty-two high-ranking police in investigation as nation continues drive to clean governance

Twenty-two senior police officers, including four general-level officers in the public security system, have been placed under investigation for "serious disciplinary violations", the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced on Tuesday.

Among the four deputy army commanders, Zhang Genheng, former head of the frontier-defense corps under the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region public security department, was expelled from the Party and removed from his post, the CCDI said in a statement on its website.