China ousts top general from elite military body as purge grows

Chinese President Xi Jinping has unseated more than a dozen senior military figures.PHOTO: EPA-EFE via The Straits Times/ANN

BEIJING (Bloomberg/Reuters): China has removed a top general from the nation’s apex military body led by President Xi Jinping, as the defence establishment is facing a wave of purges.

Admiral Miao Hua, 69, who oversees political loyalty in the armed forces, has been ousted from the national Central Military Commission (CMC), according to a statement from the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.