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PLA supports graft probe into Xu Caihou

(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-07-01 13:04

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Xu Caihou, born in June 1943.

• 1963-68: Student of the Electronics Engineering Department of Harbin Institute of Military Engineering

• 1968-70: Worked on the farm of the 39th Army

• 1970-85: Soldier and officer at the Shenyang Military Area Command

• 1985-92: Officer of various units of the 16th Group Army of the Ground Force

• 1992-96: Assistant director, deputy director of the PLA General Political Department

• 1996-99: Political commissar of the Jinan Military Area Command and secretary of its Party committee

• 1999-2000: Member of the Communist Party of China Central Military Commission, member of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China, executive deputy director of the PLA General Political Department, and deputy secretary of its Party Committee

• 2000-02: Member of the CPC Central Military Commission, member of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China, and executive deputy director of the PLA General Political Department and concurrently secretary of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the CPC Central Military Commission and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the PLA General Political Department

• 2002-04: Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, member of the CPC Central Military Commission, member of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China, and director of the PLA General Political Department and secretary of its Party committee

• 2004-07: Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, vice-chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, member and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China

• 2007-12: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice-chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, and vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China

Committee's decision to expel Xu Caihou from the Party for suspected bribery, the PLA Daily said on Tuesday.

Xu, former vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, may face prosecution as his case has been forwarded by the discipline agency to prosecutors.

The decision displayed the party's firm resolve to fight corruption and punish those corrupt elements with an attitude of zero tolerance, according to the paper's editorial.

"All PLA officers should firmly support the correct decision of the CPC Central Committee ... and ensure all their actions follow the instruction of the CPC Central Committee, the CMC and its Chairman Xi Jinping," the editorial said.

An investigation has found that Xu took advantage of his post to assist the promotion of other people and accepted bribes personally and through his family members.

He is also accused of seeking profits for others in exchange for money and properties, through his family members.

By investigating Xu, the CPC Central Committee has firmly safeguarded Party disciplines and laws and shown responsibility to the causes of the Party and the people as well as the armed forces, according to the editorial.

"Anyone, no matter what authority and office he holds, will receive serious punishment if found violating Party disciplines and laws," it said.

The investigation showed the Party has the ability to clean, improve, reform and enhance itself, the editorial said.

As the armed forces to fulfill the Party's political mission, the PLA must not harbor any corrupt members. The PLA must be absolutely loyal, clean and reliable, it said.

The editorial urged education, management and supervision over Party members in the armed forces, especially middle-level and senior officers.

The PLA would continue its fight against corruption amid efforts to build a strong military, the editorial said.