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China suspends senior military official for graft

Beijing, Nov 29 (UNI) China has suspended a senior military official it is probing for corruption, the defence ministry said, as leader Xi Jinping broadened a sweeping purge in the upper ranks of the world’s largest military, CNN reported.
Admiral Miao Hua, a member of the formidable Central Military Commission (CMC), China’s top military body led by Xi, is under investigation for “serious violations of discipline” – a euphemism for corruption, Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said at a news conference Thursday.
Miao, 69, heads the Political Work Department of the CMC. He is widely seen as a close protege of Xi, having served as a political officer in the army in the coastal province of Fujian when Xi was a local official there in the 1990s and early 2000s.The news of Miao’s suspension and investigation comes a day after the Financial Times reported that China’s Defence Minister Dong Jun had been placed under investigation for corruption, citing current and former US officials.The Defence Ministry spokesperson dismissed the report as “sheer fabrication.”“Those rumor mongers harbour evil motives. China expresses strong dissatisfaction over such smears,” he said.Xi has waged a sweeping crackdown on corruption in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) since last year, focusing on the Rocket Force, an elite branch overseeing the country’s nuclear and conventional missiles.The purge led to the downfall of several senior generals, including former defence minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe, who were expelled from the party in June over corruption allegations, the CNN report said. UNI SSP
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