Woman general questioned in corruption probe
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A FEMALE general is reportedly being questioned over alleged corruption, the most senior military woman to be investigated in the government’s ongoing anti-graft campaign.
Gao Xiaoyan, a military university official, was taken away by the army’s prosecutorial department on November 27, business news website caixin.com reported yesterday.
The 57-year-old is a deputy political commissar and secretary of anti-corruption body the discipline investigation commission at the PLA Information Engineering University, in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province.
She is suspected of taking bribes related to a construction project at a military hospital, the No. 309 PLA Hospital in Beijing. Gao was the Beijing hospital’s political commissar from 2005 until 2012, when she was transferred to the university, Caixin reported.
Anonymous sources told the website that Gao was implicated in a “nest case” which has led to the downfall of several officials from the hospital’s logistics and infrastructure department.
In China, a nest case involves a “nest” of corrupt officials who usually help each other cover up their crimes.
The website didn’t give any detail of the hospital case.
In the past, Gao has been praised for her work. PLA magazine “PLA Literature and Arts” reported that Gao was extremely hard-working during her term at the hospital.
Projects she was heavily involved in included the construction of 15 dormitory buildings, a 30,000-square-meter garage and a tuberculosis research center.
A native of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Gao, joined the army in 1974.
Since 1984, she has mostly held political posts, becoming one of few women to hold very senior positions.
China’s President Xi Jinping vowed to root out corruption in 2012 after becoming Party chief. High-ranking “tigers” toppled include top military officials.
In October, military prosecutors said Xu Caihou, former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, had confessed to accepting bribes — becoming the highest-ranking military official to have fallen in the campaign.
In March, Gu Junshan, former deputy head of the PLA general logistics department, was charged with embezzlement, bribery and abuse of power.
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