China purges senior military official Miao Hua from top ruling body

China purges senior military official Miao Hua from top ruling body

The Chinese flag is seen in this illustration taken on May 30, 2022.

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PUBLISHED ONJune 27, 2025 9:35 AM

BEIJING - China's top legislature has voted to remove senior military official Miao Hua from the Central Military Commission, its highest-level military command body, according to a statement published on Friday (June 27) by state news agency Xinhua.

Miao, 69, was put under investigation for "serious violations of discipline" in November. The former political ideology chief of the People's Liberation Army was also suspended from his post.

The Xinhua statement did not contain any other details, but the move marks another stage in President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption purge of China's military, in which over a dozen PLA generals and a handful of defence industry executives have been implicated.

China's Xi cites corruption as 'biggest threat' to ruling Communist party

China's Xi cites corruption as 'biggest threat' to ruling Communist party

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