India, Oct. 18 -- China's second-ranked general was placed under investigation for corruption, while nine senior military officers were punished for violation of discipline and work-related crimes in the latest crackdown, the defence ministry said on Friday in a rare public disclosure of action against top brass of the military. He Weidong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a member of the 24-man Politburo, was expelled from the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) and the army, military spokesman Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang told media here. Gen He, who was not seen since August, is the first serving member of the present Politburo, the Communist Party's top decision-making body, to face such an investigation, th...