Miao Hua, one of the top generals in charge of the party work at China’s powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), has been placed under investigation for suspected “serious violations of discipline”, the defence ministry said.
Miao is director of the political work department of the CMC, which oversees China’s People’s Liberation Army. The department handles Communist Party ideology and personnel changes within the military.
He has been suspended from duty, defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian said on Thursday.
Wu also rejected a media report that Defence Minister Dong Jun was under investigation for alleged corruption, in the second such denial from Beijing in two days.
On Wednesday, the foreign ministry dismissed the report as “groundless”, while Wu used a stronger tone, describing it as “sheer fabrication”.
“The Chinese side expresses its strong dissatisfaction against such a slanderous act,” Wu said, confirming that Dong remains in his position.
