{"id":131269,"date":"2024-11-29T04:13:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T21:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131269"},"modified":"2024-11-29T04:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T21:13:53","slug":"high-ranking-military-official-in-china-placed-under-investigation-defense-ministry-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131269","title":{"rendered":"High-ranking military official in China placed under investigation, defense ministry says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BEIJING (AP) \u2014 China has suspended a high-ranking military official while he is being investigated, its Defense Ministry announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The official, Miao Hua, is director of the Political Work Department on the powerful Central Military Commission that oversees the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA). He is one of five members of the body that oversees the world\u2019s largest standing military, in addition to China\u2019s leader Xi Jinping, who heads the commission. <\/p>\n<p>Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said Miao is under investigation for \u201cserious violations of discipline,\u201d which usually alludes to issues of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>It is the third recent major shakeup for China\u2019s defense establishment. In June, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-li-shangfu-defense-minister-expelled-communist-party-5bc8bf0f8ebc89b9db02a06b511e5a42\">China announced that former Defense Minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe<\/a><\/span> were accused of corruption and expelled from the party. They were being investigated for corruption and bribery, after initially facing suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the high-level investigation is not likely to have any significant consequences, given Xi\u2019s tight grip on power. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost countries would incur at least some reputational cost to their international reputation were such frequent, high-profile personnel purges to have happened in their own armed forces \u2013 but the PRC is no ordinary country,\u201d James Char, a research fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University, in Singapore, said in an email. \u201cThese purges can go on so long as its commander-in-chief approves of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Xi\u2019s first term as Party Secretary, he was known for a multi-year campaign against corruption that has brought down numerous high-profile political rivals, and thousands of officials. This has led some to allege a widespread purge of officers suspected of conspiring with outside forces or simply being insufficiently loyal to Xi. <\/p>\n<p>Xi\u2019s dedication to his anti-corruption campaign has continued throughout his rule. High-ranking officers occupy an elevated position in Chinese politics and can command extensive privileges, official and unofficial. <\/p>\n<p>Miao being placed under investigation comes after the Financial Times reported that Defense Minister Dong Jun was under investigation for corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Miao\u2019s position on the commission, which is a Communist Party committee, outranks Dong and anyone who holds the position of defense minister, as Communist Party positions are more powerful than government institutions in China.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say a possible corruption investigation would not be a surprise, given the PLA\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1990\u2019s, the PLA was allowed to run businesses as the country opened up during the \u201creform and opening up\u201d period, when the country stopped many of its planned economic policies and transitioned to a more market-based economy.<\/p>\n<p>Miao has come up through the political department in the military and had served as the political commissar of the PLA\u2019s Navy. He was already fairly senior before Xi came to power in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the investigation is about corruption, it\u2019s not out of line with people\u2019s expectations,\u201d said Tiehlin Yan, deputy director at the Taiwan Center for Security Studies, who studied the PLA. \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult for anyone not to have have blemishes if you were a mid-level or senior cadre in the 1990\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu, said Dong was not under any investigation and called the newspaper report a \u201csheer fabrication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to a question about who China\u2019s defense minister was, Wu smiled and raised his hands in a shrug.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do you ask this nonsensical question? I just said this many times: Minister Dong Jun.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>This version has corrected the official\u2019s name to Hua not Li.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-military-official-investigation-4c38fcbf89b8ed8a31c7774ce448d6f5\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING (AP) \u2014 China has suspended a high-ranking military official while he is being investigated, its Defense Ministry announced Thursday. 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