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China says top military official suspended, placed under investigation

Miao Hua, China's director of the political affairs department of the Central Military Commission, arrives at Pyongyang airport in North Korea [File: Cha Song Ho/AP Photo]

China has suspended a high-ranking military official suspected of “serious violations of discipline”, the latest in a series of senior figures targeted in a widening crackdown on corruption in the armed forces.

The Ministry of Defence said on Thursday that Miao Hua, director of the political work department on the powerful Central Military Commission that oversees the People’s Liberation Army, was being investigated for disciplinary breaches, commonly read as a euphemism for corruption.

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