China’s military demotes over 70 senior officers ‘for bribing Fang Fenghui’
- At least one general and two lieutenant generals on the list of those punished for links to jailed former chief of joint staff, according to sources
- They were ‘found guilty of offering bribes in exchange for promotions’
More than 70 serving and retired senior officers with the People’s Liberation Army have been demoted for their involvement in a corruption scandal that has rocked the PLA leadership, military sources said.
The officers – who included at least one general and two lieutenant generals – were punished for their connections to Fang Fenghui, the former chief of joint staff.
“Among the officers, 44 of them belonged to the Beijing Military Command where Fang was the commander from 2007 to 2012,” one military source said.
“They were found guilty of bribing Fang in exchange for promotions. Others were former subordinates who offered Fang bribes when he was promoted to chief of joint staff,” the source added.
There are more than 4,000 officers holding the rank of major general or above in the PLA at present.
