CHINA-INTERNAL: PLA's ANTI CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN

An unconfirmed report from Bowen news claimed (November 30) that the Fourth Plenum of the 19th CCP CC was postponed due to  tension in the military. It said Wu Shengli, Cai Yingting and Wang Hongyu were arrested on the same day.  It said Cai Yingting was arrested earlier this month. Because his daughter’s marriage to a French national was not declared, Cai Yingting was dropped to the 8th grade or battalion level in May 2018. Former PLA Navy Commander Admiral Wu Shengli, was investigated together with Generals Fang Fenghui and Zhang Yang. The source said that the investigation of Wu Shengli has been going on for several months. Also, since August this year, Yang Hui, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Eastern Theater Command, Liu Xiaowu, Deputy Commander of the Western Theater Command, Wei Liang, Political Commissar of the Southern Theater Command and Xu Fanlin, former Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region have been under investigation. 

In addition, Zhao Zongqi, Commander of the Western Theater Command, is under investigation and may be transferred to the Academy of Military Sciences in the near future. It is unclear whether he will be "cleared". Reports also say thatLiu Xiaowu, Deputy Commander of the Western Theater, who was investigated in August this year was not found to have problems and finally cleared and he may get a promotion. Another General, Liu Yuejun is likely to be promoted as Commander of the Eastern Theater Command. He was an Alternate Member of the 16th and 17th CCP CCs and member of the 18th and 19th CCP CCs. He has participated in the Vietnam War of 1979.







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