China has placed its defence minister Dong Jun and now senior military official Miao Hua under investigation – the third such minister to come under probe in over a year. While the move shakes up the ranks,

BEIJING — China said on Thursday (Nov 28) a top-ranking military official had been suspended and was under investigation for "serious violations of discipline," and denied reports Defence Minister Dong Jun was being investigated for corruption.

China's military leadership is facing another shakeup as Miao Hua, a top official on the Central Military Commission, is investigated for "grave viola

China's Defense Ministry says a a high-ranking military official has been suspended while he is under investigation

A top Chinese military official has been dismissed while an investigation into "serious violations of discipline" takes place, Beijing said Thursday, the latest senior figure to fall in a sweeping

On Thursday, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense confirmed that Miao Hua, a member of the Central Military Commission and the chief of the PLA Political Work Department, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline.

China has suspended a top military official and placed him under investigation for corruption, the defense ministry said, as leader Xi Jinping broadens a sweeping purge in the upper ranks of the world’s largest military.

China has suspended a high-ranking military official while he is being investigated, its Defense Ministry announced Thursday. The official, Miao Hua, is director of the Political Work Department on the powerful Central Military Commission that oversees the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).