Ex-PLA commanders expelled from Party

Two former senior military commanders who were investigated for graft have been expelled from the Communist Party of China and the People's Liberation Army, the military announced on Tuesday.

Fang Fenghui, former chief of the Central Military Commission's Joint Staff Department, has been transferred to a military court on graft accusations, the military said in a statement.

It said investigators found Fang, also a former member of the Central Military Commission, had seriously violated the Party's political discipline and rules as well as the military's regulations. Investigators linked the former general to taking and giving bribes and possessing large amounts of assets for which he could not explain the sources.