Former People’s Liberation Army general Guo Boxiong has been caught up in an anti-corruption probe and expelled from the Party.
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According to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, Guo is suspected of accepting bribes in exchange for promoting his subordinates.
“Each when violate of social gathering self-discipline will certainly be sternly dealt with irrespective of amount of individual’s capability or even the measurement…”
The punishment of Guo demonstrates the firm determination of the CPC Central Committee, with Xi Jinping as general secretary, to strictly govern the Party and armed forces in line with the law, the statement said.
Although the monetary amount or scale of the bribes were not given, a statement released by the Politburo said Guo’s crimes were grave and had a “vile impact”. Gen. Guo Boxiong has also been arrested and placed under investigation for corruption.
President Xi Jinping has led a major anti-corruption campaign since taking office three years ago. Overseas Chinese language media have for months been carrying rumors that the retired general was being detained and held under “shuanggui”-the much-feared Party interrogation procedure-before the official announcement in April”. The two talked, the friend said, “but after a moment of silence Guo shook his head and said he might not able to clearly explain one or two things”.
The downfall of such a senior and well-connected military figure as Gen Guo is yet another significant victory for Mr Xi but also sends a warning that his anti-corruption campaign is by no means over, the BBC’s China editor Carrie Gracie reports.
The PLA said in January it was probing 16 high-ranking officials for links to corruption, including Fang Changmi, the former deputy political commissar of the Lanzhou Military Region.
General Xu Caihou, the former vice chairman of the CMC, was discharged from the party in 2014 for bribery and abusing his position.
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While Xu was mainly in charge of administrative and political education in the military when he served as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, Guo was in charge of actual military operations. A year later, Xu passed away from bladder cancer before he could be prosecuted.
