CHINA-PLA: ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN
The CDIC website on Nov 3, 2015, announced the expulsion from the CCP of Zhang Genheng, former head of the frontier army regiment under Xinjiang's public security bureau and Li Wenli, former director of the military service office of the Inner Mongolia regional public security department. They were charged with having "severely violated Party discipline" and suspected of accepting bribes. The CDIC announcement added that both officers had taken advantage of their positions to help others gain promotions in the army and seek other benefits. Stating that 20 other PLA officers from Beijing, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanghai and Hebei have been punished for "disciplinary violations", it said Yin Zhishan, former Deputy Director of the Guard's Bureau under the Ministry of Public Security, was removed from his post and reduced to the rank of Senior Colonel from Major General. |