Exclusive | Former top officer in China’s air force ‘under investigation by anti-corruption officials’: sources
Tian Xiusi was a former political commissar and official in the Communist Party’s Central Committee
A former senior People’s Liberation Army official and an ally of disgraced former Central Military Commission vice-chairmen Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou has been placed under investigation by China’s anti-corruption body, military sources familiar with the matter said.
General Tian Xiusi, 66, former political commissar in the PLA Air Force and a member of the Communist Party’s 18th Central Committee, was facing an internal graft probe, two sources told the South China Morning Post.
If the case is confirmed, any investigation in the PLA would be carried out by a branch within the Central Military Commission.
“With both his wife and personal secretary taken away [for investigation], Tian has been the subject [of an internal graft probe],” one of the sources said.
As political commissar, Tian was in effect a top decision-maker in charge of the world’s fastest-growing air force during his term in office, analysts said.