Top Chinese military official under investigation, ministry says
China said a top official was under investigation for “serious violations of discipline,” and denied its defense minister was being investigated for corruption.
China said on Thursday a top-ranking military official had been suspended and was under investigation for “serious violations of discipline,” and denied reports Defense Minister Dong Jun was being investigated for corruption.
The suspended officer, Admiral Miao Hua, served on the ruling Central Military Commission, China’s highest-level military body, and was stationed in the coastal province of Fujian when President Xi Jinping worked there as a local official, according to his official biography.
Miao, who began his career in the army, has been the military’s leading political officer.
A defense ministry spokesperson, Wu Qian, who briefed reporters at a monthly press conference in Beijing, provided no further details.
China’s military has undergone a sweeping anti-corruption purge since last year, with at least nine People’s Liberation Army generals and a handful of defense industry executives removed from the national legislative body.
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