Senior Chinese general Gu Junshan faces court martial as military prosecutors press four graft charges
PUBLISHED : Monday, 31 March, 2014, 6:25pm
UPDATED : Monday, 31 March, 2014, 7:37pm
Staff reporters
File photo of Gu Junshan.
Gu Junshan, a lieutenant general of the Chinese military, has become the highest-ranking officer to be prosecuted for corruption in Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's campaign against graft so far, state media reported.
The Military Procuratorate of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) pressed four charges including embezzlement, bribery, misuse of state funds and abuse of power against the 57-year-old Gu on Monday, reported the official Xinhua News Agency.
Gu was deputy head of the the PLA's General Logistics Department before he was sacked and placed under house arrest for suspicion of corruption in early 2012. He is believed to be a protege and close ally of Xu Caihou, a former vice-chairman of the all-powerful Central Military Commission (CMC).
Xu, 71, who retired from the Central Military Commission last year, has himself been detained in a corruption investigation, according to sources close to the matter, but no official announcement has been made on the status of the investigation into Xu.
The announcement of the charges against Gu is likely another sign that the Communist Party has decided to publicise the much anticipated corruption probe against Xu.
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