Xu Caihou, 71, a high military official in the previous Chinese leadership, was kicked out of the Party and transferred to military prosecutors on bribery charges.
Chen Tiexin, a senior political advisor of Liaoning, is under investigation for suspected serious discipline and law violations, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on Thursday.
A former senior official suspected of dereliction of duty stood trial in Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday, Beijing Evening News website reported.
A senior Party discipline inspector in Shanxi province is being investigated following allegations of serious violations, the top anti-graft watchdog said on Wednesday.
A former land management official in east China's Anhui Province stood trial on Wednesday on corruption charges.
A total of 17 senior ministerial-level officials and two national-level leaders had been probed on corruption allegations amid the strengthened anti-graft campaign by July 12.
Yang Gang, formerly a national political advisor, is being investigated for allegedly taking bribes, according to a Friday statement from the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
Tan Hong, a former senior officer in the guard bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, is being investigated for alleged involvement in bribery.
A former senior official in Central China's Hunan province has been expelled from the Communist Party of China for corrupt activities, according to the country's top anti-graft watchdog.
The number of senior officials facing corruption probes in the first half of 2014 has surpassed last year's total, and the crackdown has been marked by investigations of TV station employees and two vice-ministerial-level officials on Saturday.
Jiang Jiemin, former head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, was expelled from the CPC for serious discipline and law violations.
Li Dongsheng, former Vice Minister of Public Security has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) for "serious disciplinary violations."
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