Military corruption/ China

Corruption is worst in departments dealing with logistics, weapons procurement and political matters (the latter is in charge of maintaining party loyalty and of appointments). Housing is among the biggest rackets. Many supposedly affordable homes built for soldiers since 1999 were instead constructed as luxury villas and sold off or enjoyed by military personnel. Some generals reportedly erected ceilings twice the standard height in order to add a floor later. Paying bribes for promotions is widespread: nine of the 16 senior officers recently disgraced, including Mr Xu, were from the PLA’s political wing.

Some of these problems are now being tackled. The PLA says it will scrutinise appointments more closely and make secret inspections to stamp out the acceptance of bribes by recruitment officers. 

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Xi Jinping flexes his muscle against army corruption