Former top Chinese general Fang Fenghui jailed for life for corruption
- Fang, 67, was once the youngest commander of a PLA military region
A former top Chinese general has been sentenced to life imprisonment for corruption, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday.
Fang Fenghui, former chief of joint staff of the People’s Liberation Army, was convicted of giving and receiving bribes, and obtaining huge sums of money of unknown origin, state-run news agency Xinhua reported, citing a military court.
All of Fang’s assets were confiscated, the report said, without disclosing how much money was involved in the case.
Fang, 67, was once the youngest commander of a PLA military region and described as an “opportunist” by military insiders.
He is a former member of the powerful Central Military Commission, and was close to Zhang Yang – a former head of the CMC political work department who committed suicide in November 2017 during a graft investigation.
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