FILE PHOTO - Lu Wei, director of Cyberspace Administration of China, speaks at the closing ceremony of the second annual World Internet Conference in Wuzhen town of Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China, December 18, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

BEIJING (Reuters) - The former head of China’s powerful internet regulator has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party for corruption and will be prosecuted, the party’s anti-graft watchdog said on Tuesday.

Lu Wei was put under investigation in November.