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Deputy commander of China’s army among 5 stripped of lawmaker status amid corruption probe
Deng Zhiping, hailed after Vietnam border clashes in ’70s and ’80s, is latest to fall in President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign
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Jun Maiin Beijing
Deng Zhiping, a deputy commander of China’s army, has been stripped of his lawmaker status, becoming the latest to fall in Beijing’s anti-corruption drive into its military.
Lieutenant General Deng, 60, was known as a war hero during China’s border clashes with Vietnam in the 1970s and 1980s, when he won second-class and third-class honours.
Before his promotion to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) army force headquarters he served in the Western Theatre Command, which oversees the border with India.
A notice on Friday by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) was the first confirmation of Deng’s downfall. He was last seen in public in March when he attended the annual NPC session.
Deng was among five lawmakers removed from the NPC, the country’s top legislature, on Friday. A separate announcement published by the Standing Committee of the NPC said he was suspected of “serious violation of laws and discipline”, a phrase that usually refers to corruption.
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