Chinese Top General Kills Himself Amid Corruption Probe

Zhang Yang (center), former member of the Central Military Commission, with other Chinese Communist Party officials at a meeting of the 12th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 15, 2017. Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

BEIJING—A prominent Chinese general under investigation for corruption has committed suicide, state media said on Tuesday, the latest development in a sweeping anti-graft campaign that has shaken the armed forces.

Zhang Yang, a former member of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), was being investigated over links to disgraced generals Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou, the official Xinhua news agency said.