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Beijing – ChinaThe main legislature voted to withdraw a main military official Miao Hua From the Central Military Commission, its higher level military command organization, according to a statement published on Friday by Xinhua, the Chinese public press agency.
Miao, 69, was an investigation for “serious violations of the discipline” in November. The former head of political ideology of the popular liberation army was also suspended at his post.
Xinhua’s declaration contained no other details, but the move marks another step to the president Xi Jinpingis underway Anti-corruption purge of the Chinese army, in which more than a dozen APL generals and a handful of defense industry leaders were involved.
Miao’s photo had been withdrawn from the management page of the Chinese Ministry of Defense website in recent weeks. It was also withdrawn from the Chinese national legislature for “serious violations of discipline and law”, according to a statement published by the Legislative Assembly last month.
“The political work service of the Central Military Commission held a conference as a military representative on March 14 of this year and decided to withdraw Miao Hua from his post as a representative of the 14th National Popular Congress,” the statement said.
Miao was parked in the coastal province of Fujian When Xi worked there as a local manager, according to his official biography. XI personally raised Miao to the Central Military Commission.
Another member of the Central Military and Second Chinese Military Commission, He Weidong has not been seen in public since the March 11 closing ceremony of annual parliamentary sessions in Beijing. Since then, he has not appeared in a series of high -level Politburo police officers and military audiences.
He is the third most powerful commander of People’s Liberation Army and is considered a close partner of XI, the commander -in -chief of the army.
The Chinese Defense Ministry said in March that he was “unconscious” of reports that he had been detained. His photo remains on the website of the Ministry of Defense.
Two former Chinese Defense Ministers were withdrawn from the Communist Party for Corruption. One of them, Li Shangfu, was suspected of corruption in military purchases, Reuters reported.
Last year, the Ministry of Defense denied information that the Minister of Defense Dong Jun has been the subject of an investigation suspected of corruption. Dong continued to appear during public events, attending the meeting of the Ministers of Defense of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Qingdao this week.
