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Former PLA ideology chief Miao Hua removed from China’s Central Military Commission

The news comes two months after top general was stripped of membership in legislature amid corruption investigation

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The downfall of former PLA ideology chief Miao Hua, pictured, comes as President Xi Jinping continues to press ahead with his sweeping anti-corruption purge of China’s military. Photo: Handout
William Zheng

Miao Hua, a top general who once oversaw the People’s Liberation Army’s ideology work, has been removed from the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC).

State news agency Xinhua said the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress “voted to remove Miao Hua from his position as a member of the Central Military Commission” at its closing meeting on Friday in Beijing.

The announcement about the high-profile military corruption investigation came two months after Miao, 69, was stripped of his membership in the National People’s Congress (NPC), the top legislature.

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Also at the meeting, lawmakers voted to adopt a revised Law on Penalties for Administration of Public Security and a revised Law Against Unfair Competition, according to Xinhua.

Miao, the former political ideology chief of the world’s second-largest military, was put under investigation and suspended from his post in November.
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Miao’s photo was removed from the senior leadership page of the Chinese defence ministry’s website at the end of May.

Miao’s downfall comes as President Xi Jinping continues to press ahead with his sweeping anti-corruption purge of China’s military, in which more than a dozen PLA generals and a handful of defence industry executives have been implicated.
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