In the most far-reaching public move so far in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s drive against corruption, the Communist Party leadership on Monday expelled a retired military commander from the party and handed him over for a crime investigation on charges of taking massive bribes in return for military promotions.
The announcement followed months of speculation that party investigators had closed in on retired General Xu Caihou, who until his retirement in late 2012 occupied one of the highest posts in the People’s Liberation Army, as a vice chairman of the party’s Central Military Commission, which oversees the military.
Now General Xu, who was also a member of the elite Politburo, has been made the most senior official so far to be caught publicly in Mr. Xi’s effort to clean up the image of the party elite, tarnished by the impression shared by many Chinese citizens of widespread corruption and brazen self-enrichment, including in the military.
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Chris Buckley, The New York Times via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1mNl9JY
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