Chengdu-area PLA officer detained in bribe case amid military graft probe
Investigation into Yang Jinshan part of the wider inquiry into Xu Caihou, military's former No 2
One of the top PLA officers leading the Chengdu military area command has been detained amid graft allegations, several sources said, making him the latest high-ranking officer to fall in a sweeping effort to clean up the image of the world's largest fighting force.
Investigators took Yang Jinshan , a lieutenant general, to Beijing last week as part of a corruption investigation, four sources said. His family members and secretary were also detained.
The sources, including people with connections to the military, said the investigation into Yang, 59, and other senior military officials was part of the wider inquiry into Xu Caihou, a former vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission.
Xu, who was the military's second-highest career serviceman until he retired last year, has been accused of accepting bribes. He was expelled from the Communist Party last month.
Xinhua has reported that President Xi Jinping approved the expulsion and the decision to hand Xu to military prosecutors at a Politburo meeting on military discipline.
Yang established himself in the 14th Army Corp, based in Yunnan province and under the jurisdiction of the Chengdu military area command. One of the founders of the corp was Bo Yibo , father of the disgraced Bo Xilai .
