beijing china internet regulator say purge evil influence former top official rule communist party put investigation suspect corruption official lu wei suspect serious discipline breach central commission discipline inspection ccdi announce tuesday lu colorful often brash official chinese standards height power see emblematic china increasingly pervasive internet control communist party refer first tiger take congress october president xi jinping pledge anti-graft campaign would continue target tigers fly reference elite officials ordinary bureaucrats lu former agency cyberspace administration china cac hold meet wednesday call former chief typical two-faced person seriously pollute political environment lu wei represent cac image precisely undermine cac image agency say statement publish late wednesday cac would draw profound lessons lu breach thoroughly purge lu evil influence say ccdi say separate commentary website thursday investigation lu potent sign party would let fight wayward officials one must think one ask today yesterday crimes ccdi say nonsense think party would let bygones bygones say xi wag war deep-rooted corruption since take office five years ago punish hundreds thousands officials lu work way though china official xinhua news agency become head propaganda beijing move internet work 2013. late become deputy propaganda minister downfall foreshadow june 2016 replacement head internet regulator loss post unlikely signal reversal internet control policies tighten successor xu lin government block sit think could challenge party rule threaten stability include sit facebook google main search engine gmail service china 's internet regulator denounce former chief investigation