India, July 14 -- China's ruling Communist Party has expelled former Politburo member Ma Xingrui from the party and dismissed him from public office after an anti-corruption investigation found him guilty of serious disciplinary and legal violations. Ma, who previously served as the Communist Party chief of Xinjiang and was a member of the powerful Politburo, is the third senior Politburo official to be removed during the current party term under President Xi Jinping's sweeping anti-corruption campaign.

According to China's top anti-graft watchdog, Ma abused his position by accepting bribes, arranging official appointments for personal gain, shielding corrupt subordinates, and engaging in what authorities described as "family corruption....