A
top Chinese general hanged himself after coming under investigation for
corruption charges, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday.
General
Zhang Yang, the former head of the Chinese military's political work
department, was found dead at his home on November 23, the news agency said.
Military
investigators had launched an investigation into Zhang's ties to two former
Central Military Commission vice chairmen -- Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou -- who
fell prey to President Xi Jinping's massive anti-corruption campaign.
Xinhua
said investigators found Zhang had seriously violated party discipline and
broke the law by allegedly giving and accepting bribes as well as possessing a
huge amount of money, the sources of which he could not account for.
He
was allowed to stay at home during the early stages of the investigation, the
report said.
Zhang
was a member of the Central Military Commission, which runs the two-million
strong People's Liberation Army.
More
than 1.4 million people have been punished under Xi's anti-corruption campaign
since 2012, according to state media, including around 300 senior officials.
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