China Dismisses top Military leaders in major anti-corruption purge General He Weidong, China’s third-highest-ranking military officer and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, was Dismissed amid allegations of corruption and abuse of power. Eight other senior officers, including Admiral Miao Hua, former head of the CMC’s Political Work Department, and General Lin Xiangyang, ex-commander of the Eastern Theater Command, were expelled from the Communist Party and military for “serious duty-related crimes involving large sums of money.”

Posted by Fred Bassett