BEIJING – A deputy commander of China’s navy has been dismissed and stripped of a seat in Parliament for corruption, the government said Thursday, one of the most senior military figures to be punished in a multiyear crackdown on rampant graft.
Vice Adm. Wang Shouye, 62, is accused of abusing his position to collect bribes and of “loose morals” for having an affair with a young woman, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
He was dismissed as one of six deputy naval commanders after the woman reported him in January, Xinhua said.
The announcement was the first mention of Wang’s case by Chinese state media.
Thousands of government and Communist Party officials have been punished, and some executed, in recent years to try to stamp out corruption that threatens to undermine public acceptance of communist rule. But such a case against a senior member of the politically active military is rare.
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