CHINA-INTERNAL: ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN IN PLA

HongKong's South China Morning Post, quoting a retired PLA Senior Colonel, reported on March 2, 2015, that at least 16 PLA Major Generals are under investigation. China's Mlitary Procuratorate also released a list on March 2, 2015, of 14 Generals charged with graft. Among those placed under investigation in January 2015, it mentioned Major General Guo Zhenggang, son of Guo Boxiong, a former Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (45-year old Guo Zhenggang was promoted to Deputy Political Commissar of the Zhejiang Military District with the rank of Major General in January 2015); Major General Zhu Heping, a former secretary to the late General Zhang Wannian, another former CMC Vice Chairman who died in Beijing on January 15, 2015; Major General Wang Aiguo, a former head of the Joint Logistics Department at the Shenyang Military Command,; and Major General Zhan Guoqiao, who was head of the Joint Logistics Department at the Lanzhou Military Command. Also mentioned in this connection were Major General Chen Jianfeng, deputy head of the Joint Logistics Department of the Guangzhou Military Command; Major General Wang Sheng, PLA Air Force Chief of Logistics; and Major General Zhang Dongshui who was taken away on January 7, 2015, just 13 days after he was promoted as Deputy Political Commissar of the Second Artillery Corps; and Major General Lan Weijie, a former Deputy Commander in Hubei





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