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14 generals named in corruption crackdown
浙江军区副政委郭正钢等14位军级以上干部被查处
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CHINA’S military has released a list of 14 generals convicted of graft or placed under investigation in an accelerating nationwide anti-corruption drive.
Those under investigation include Major General Guo Zhenggang, the son of Guo Boxiong who retired as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission in 2013.
Guo, the deputy political commissar of the military in the eastern province of Zhejiang, was put under investigation by the military procuratorate in February for suspected “serious legal violations and criminal offenses,” the defense ministry said in a statement on its website, without elaborating.
Others named include leading officers in provincial military commands, as well as those in the navy, missile corps and the National Defense University.
The ministry said Lan Weijie, a former deputy commander in the central province of Hubei, was sentenced to life in prison in January for corruption and illegal possession of firearms.
Zhu Heping, head of the joint logistics department of the Chengdu Military Area Command, was put under investigation in August last year for suspected “serious disciplinary violations” and was transferred to the military judicial organ in January, the ministry said.
Wang Aiguo, former head of the joint logistics department of the Shenyang Military Area Command; Huang Xianjun, former head of the political department of Shanxi Provincial Military Command; Duan Tianjie, deputy head of the political department at the National Defense University; Yuan Shijun, former commander of Hubei Provincial Military Command; and Huang Xing, former head of the research guidance department at the Academy of Military Sciences, are all under investigation for suspected “serious disciplinary violations” and cases have been transferred to the military judicial organ.
Other senior officers being investigated include Zhang Dongshui, deputy political commissar of the Second Artillery Force; Liu Hongjie who is in charge of logistics support under the People’s Liberation Army General Staff Headquarters; Cheng Jie, deputy chief of staff, Beihai Fleet; Chen Jianfeng, former deputy head of the joint logistics department of Guangzhou Military Area Command; Chen Hongyan, deputy head of the political department of the air force of Beijing Military Area Command; and Wang Sheng, head of the logistics department of Guangzhou Military Area Command air force. All are suspected of “legal violations and criminal offenses.”
The announcement comes four months after one of China’s most senior former military officers, Xu Caihou, confessed to taking “massive” bribes in exchange for help in promotions.
The defense ministry said that the release of the list would help combat naysayers who thought the anti-graft crackdown was “just for appearances” or “a gust of wind.”
“The military is really going for it in fighting corruption,” it said.
President Xi Jinping heads the Central Military Commission and has made weeding out corruption in the military a top goal.
China stepped up a crackdown on corruption in the military in the late 1990s, banning the army from engaging in business. But the military has been involved in commercial dealings due to a lack of checks and balances, military analysts have said.
Anti-graft advocates have said corruption in the military is so pervasive it could undermine China’s ability to wage war.
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