China removes ex-top general Zhang from Central Military Commission: State media
Chinese Central Military Commission Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia arrives for a group photo session before the opening ceremony of the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, Shandong province, China on Apr 22, 2024. (Photo: Reuters/Florence Lo)
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BEIJING: China on Friday (Aug 28) removed senior military officers Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from their posts in the state Central Military Commission, state-run Xinhua said, citing the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
Investigations into Zhang, second-in-command under President Xi Jinping as vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission and a member of China’s elite Politburo, and Liu, CMC member and chief of staff of the CMC’s Joint Staff Department, had been announced in January, for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.
China has parallel Communist Party and state CMC structures. Friday’s announcement concerns Zhang and Liu’s positions in the state CMC. They have not been formally or publicly stripped of their posts in the Central Military Commission of the ruling Communist Party.
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Source: Agencies/nh
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