Ex-provincial PLA chief under investigation for corruption as crackdown widens
Retired Major General Fu Yi detained, with sources saying he 'spared no effort' to ensure quick promotion for powerful official's son
A former military commander who once worked under President Xi Jinping was taken away by corruption investigators earlier this year, say mainland media reports and sources close to the army.
Major General Fu Yi , who retired as commander of the Zhejiang Provincial Military Region in 2013, is the latest senior officer from the People's Liberation Army to be probed.
Fu, 62, a Shanxi native who began his military career in Nanjing in 1980, was appointed chief of staff of Nanjing's 1st Army Corps when he was just 49. He was promoted to major general in 2003 when Xi became Zhejiang party chief and was made the province's PLA commander in 2009.
News portal Caixin cited sources as saying it was unclear if Fu's case was linked to the graft probe of his former subordinate, Zhejiang deputy political commissar Guo Zhenggang .
Guo, 45, is the son of former Central Military Commission vice-chairman Guo Boxiong . He came under investigation last month after being promoted as one of the army's youngest major generals.
A Shanghai-based retired senior colonel told the South China Morning Post Fu could not escape responsibility for the "quick promotion" of the junior Guo, a "mediocre but headstrong man".