Nchini
China, siku ya
Ijumaa,
maafisa tisa, wakiwemo
maafisa wawili wa juu wa jeshi, wamefukuzwa kazi. Kwa mujibu wa
Reuters, waliotimuliwa ni pamoja na
Jenerali He Weidong na
Admirali Miao wa Jeshi la Wanamaji. Taarifa hiyo imetolewa na
Wizara ya Ulinzi ya China.
Maafisa hao wamefukuzwa
jeshini na pia
Chama cha Kikomunisti, wakikabiliwa na
mashitaka ya rushwa. Hatua hii inachukuliwa kuwa ndiyo
kali zaidi katika kampeni ya
kupambana na rushwa iliyoanzishwa na
Rais Xi Jinping tangu mwaka
2023.
He Weidong alikuwa
Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Tume Kuu ya Kijeshi ya China (CMC), nafasi ya pili kwa ukubwa katika
Jeshi la Ukombozi wa Wananchi wa China (PLA). Tume hiyo ndiyo yenye mamlaka ya juu ya kijeshi chini ya uongozi wa Rais
Xi Jinping. He Weidong hakuonekana hadharani tangu
Machi 2025.
Admirali Miao alikuwa
Kamanda wa Jeshi la Wanamaji na
mwanasiasa mwandamizi wa jeshi. Aliondolewa kwenye
CMC mwezi Juni na alikuwa
anachunguzwa tangu Novemba 2023.
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In China, on Friday, 9 officials, including two top military officers, have been dismissed. According to Reuters, these include General He Weidong and Navy Admiral Miao. The Chinese Ministry of Defense has provided this information.
They have been expelled from the army and the Communist Party and the army on charges of corruption. This is considered the biggest action under President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, which began in 2023.
He Weidong was the Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission (CMC), which is the second highest position in the People's Liberation Army (PLA). This commission holds the supreme command of the army under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. He had not been seen publicly since March 2025.
Admiral Miao was a Navy Admiral and a former top political officer of the army. He was removed from the CMC in June and had been under investigation since November 2023.
He Weidong, a close associate of President Xi Jinping
He Weidong is considered a close associate of Xi Jinping. Both had worked together in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces in the 1990s. He was directly appointed to the post of Vice Chairman of the CMC in 2022, which is usually obtained only after service in the High Commission.