<p>Beijing: One of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/china">China's</a> most senior military officials has been suspended and is under investigation for "serious violations of discipline", a defence ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.</p><p>The suspended officer, Admiral Miao Hua, has served under President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/xi-jinping">Xi Jinping </a>on the ruling Central Military Commission, China's highest-level military body. The defence ministry spokesperson, Wu Qian, provided no further details.</p><p>The latest Pentagon report on China's military, issued in October 2023, said Miao "may have ties" to Xi from his time serving in the army in Fujian, when the pair's careers overlapped in the strategic coastal province.</p>.Chinese military holds patrols around disputed shoal in South China Sea.<p>He is the military's leading political officer.</p><p>China's military has undergone a sweeping anti-corruption purge since last year, with at least nine <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/peoples-liberation-army">People's Liberation Army </a>generals and a handful of defence industry executives removed from the national legislative body.</p><p>Wu denied recent media reports on Defence Minister Dong Jun as "sheer fabrication".</p><p>The <em>Financial Times</em> reported that Dong was being investigated as part of the wide-ranging anti-corruption investigation, citing current and former US officials.</p><p>Wu mentioned Dong by name several times in routine readouts of recent regional meetings during the conference.</p><p>Dong was appointed defence minister in December 2023, replacing Li Shangfu, who was removed seven months into the job.</p><p>Li and his predecessor, Wei Fenghe, were expelled from the Communist Party in June for "serious violations of discipline", a euphemism for corruption.</p>
<p>Beijing: One of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/china">China's</a> most senior military officials has been suspended and is under investigation for "serious violations of discipline", a defence ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.</p><p>The suspended officer, Admiral Miao Hua, has served under President <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/xi-jinping">Xi Jinping </a>on the ruling Central Military Commission, China's highest-level military body. The defence ministry spokesperson, Wu Qian, provided no further details.</p><p>The latest Pentagon report on China's military, issued in October 2023, said Miao "may have ties" to Xi from his time serving in the army in Fujian, when the pair's careers overlapped in the strategic coastal province.</p>.Chinese military holds patrols around disputed shoal in South China Sea.<p>He is the military's leading political officer.</p><p>China's military has undergone a sweeping anti-corruption purge since last year, with at least nine <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/peoples-liberation-army">People's Liberation Army </a>generals and a handful of defence industry executives removed from the national legislative body.</p><p>Wu denied recent media reports on Defence Minister Dong Jun as "sheer fabrication".</p><p>The <em>Financial Times</em> reported that Dong was being investigated as part of the wide-ranging anti-corruption investigation, citing current and former US officials.</p><p>Wu mentioned Dong by name several times in routine readouts of recent regional meetings during the conference.</p><p>Dong was appointed defence minister in December 2023, replacing Li Shangfu, who was removed seven months into the job.</p><p>Li and his predecessor, Wei Fenghe, were expelled from the Communist Party in June for "serious violations of discipline", a euphemism for corruption.</p>