Online report suggests graft-busters targeting another military 'tiger'

Investigators are still wrapping up the case against fallen former general Xu Caihou but speculation mounted yesterday that graft-busters were targeting another senior military officer.

An article posted in Cha Shiju, or Political Observer, an online publication produced by mainland journalists on the WeChat platform, said there were hints that "the authorities are targeting another tiger within the military".

"His name will be announced at an appropriate time," the article said, without giving more details.

The article came after Liu Yazhou, political commissar of the People's Liberation Army National Defence University, said at a forum last week that the investigation into Xu, a former vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission, and bribery and embezzlement charges against Gu Junshan , the former deputy chief of the military's General Logistics Department, were only the start of efforts to tackle corruption in the military.

Liu said rooting out corruption was a long-term battle that required determination.

Military prosecutors said in October that Xu confessed to taking massive bribes in exchange for help in promotions.