CHINA’S FORMER TOP MILITARY GENERAL TO BE PROSECUTED FOR BRIBERY

One of China’s former top generals in charge of the world’s biggest military will be prosecuted for bribery.

State-run news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday that former chief of joint staff Fang Fenghui was suspected of taking and giving bribes and would be handed over to military prosecutors. It gave no further details.

Fang , 66, once the youngest commander of a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military region, was described as an “opportunist” by military insiders.

He is a former member of China’s powerful Central Military Commission (CMC) and the latest “tiger” to be the target of a graft investigation following the suicide of Zhang Yang, who served alongside him on the commission.

“Fang has close links to Zhang’s superiors and subordinates because they were both protégés of disgraced former CMC vice-chairmen Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou, with Fang being the most skilful opportunist, closely following Guo,” a source close to the military said.

“The investigation of Fang was announced so late because of the sudden suicide of Zhang. In order to decrease the impact of Zhang’s death to the army’s morale, Fang’s case was put aside a while until now.”

Courtesy : http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2127513/chinese-military-prosecute-former-top-general-graft

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