Beijing has expelled Ma Xingrui, a former Politburo member, from the ruling Communist Party on corruption charges, making him the third sitting member of the elite decision-making body to be purged since 2025 as President Xi Jinping intensifies his anti-graft campaign.
Ma, who also served as the deputy head of the central rural work leading group, was placed under investigation in April over suspected “serious violation of law and discipline” – the party’s euphemism for corruption.
