Combating military corruption
China kicked off investigations into several senior
military officials on serious graft charges last year, the Ministry of Defence
said on Thursday, as the country works to stamp out corruption in its armed
forces.
Many of those implicated have ties to the corruption
scandal of a former top military officer, Xu Caihou, who retired as vice
chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission last year. China announced
last summer it was investigating Xu for graft.
The 16 officials accused of "seriously violating party
discipline", a common euphemism for graft, include the former commander of
the military region of the central province of Shanxi, Fang Wenping, the ministry
said.
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