63-year old General Wang Jianping, named as Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff Department under the powerful Central Military Commission in January 2016, was officially reported by China’s Ministry of National Defence spokesman Yang Yujun on December 29, 2016, to have been placed under investigation on suspicion of taking bribes. He is the first incumbent senior military official to be targeted in the China’s anti-graft campaign. While the official announcement provided no further details, Hongkong's SCMP quoted sources as saying that Wang Jianping had been taken away in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province and that his wife, secretary and former secretary were also held.