A top-level Chinese military official has been sacked for corruption after his mistress turned him in, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Wang Shouye, 62, was sacked as deputy commander of the navy and expelled from the national legislature. According to official documents, an unmarried young woman reported Wang's activities and admitted an "improper relationship" with him. Wang is one of the most senior victims of an ongoing anti-corruption drive. China's ruling Communist Party is worried that widespread official corruption is undermining its legitimacy, and has taken care to highlight a number of high-profile falls from grace. Earlier this month, in an unrelated case, a former deputy Beijing mayor, Liu Zhihua, was sacked over unspecified corruption charges. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk censor News |
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