Exclusive | Senior Chinese military strategist ‘leaked state secrets, helped rebels in Myanmar’
Major general accused of fraud but charge is a pretext for a political error, sources say
A senior PLA strategist will face a military court on fraud charges that sources say are a cover for the officer's alleged leak of state secrets to armed rebels in Myanmar.
Major General Huang Xing , the former head of the research guidance department at the Chinese Academy of Military Science, was detained for "serious disciplinary violations" earlier this year, a phrase often used by the Communist Party to refer to alleged corruption.
He was among the 14 generals the PLA Daily announced on Monday had been detained over the last two months for alleged graft or related crimes.
A source close to the academy said Huang's chief offence was violating military discipline by allegedly leaking state secrets to rebels in the Kokang region of northern Myanmar during fighting in the Southeast Asian nation in 2009.
The main rebel force in Kokang is the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, who are ethnic Chinese and once formed part of Communist Party forces in the region.
"He [Huang] was arrested recently and charged with committing fraud," an academic source said, but gave no further details on the case.