Ma Xingrui becomes China’s third Politburo member investigated for corruption

Ma Xingrui, a member of China’s Politburo and the former Communist Party boss of Xinjiang, is being investigated by the anti-corruption watchdog, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday.He is the third member of the ruling party’s elite political body to come under investigation in the current term that began in 2022, a situation unseen in decades.He Weidong, former vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), is also being investigated and was expelled from the party and military in October.Another CMC vice-chairman, Zhang Youxia, also a member of the Politburo, was placed under investigation for suspected serious violations of party discipline and law, the defence ministry said in January.The Politburo is now down to 21 members.Xinhua said the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection was investigating Ma for “serious violations of discipline and law” – typically a euphemism for corruption.