BEIJING: China´s military has for the first time sent dedicated teams of corruption inspectors into its units, state media said on Thursday, following a practice already established for civilian departments as part of President Xi Jinping´s war on graft. Previously, corruption investigations in the People´s Liberation Army, the world´s largest armed forces, were handled in a more ad hoc fashion.
But under reforms started last year the military now has a dedicated graft-fighting division. Xi has led a sweeping anti-corruption campaign targeting high-ranking officials in industry, government, and the military.
The military is reeling from the crackdown and has seen dozens of officers investigated, including two former vice chairmen of the powerful Central Military Commission, Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou. Xu died of cancer last year before he could be brought to trial while Guo was accused of accepting bribes last month.
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