A Chinese general has been arrested in China for violating party discipline, a Hong Kong newspaper cited two unnamed sources as saying, describing him as one of the most senior incumbent military officials to be targeted in Beijing's crackdown on corruption. Wang's wife and secretary were also detained, the newspaper said. China's Defence Ministry did not immediately reply to a fax seeking comment on the newspaper report. The precise charges against Wang weren't immediately clear, but "violating party discipline" is a common euphemism in China for corruption. Wang is known to have worked closely in the past with Xu and former Chinese domestic security tzar Zhou Yongkang, who was jailed for life in 2015 in one of the country's biggest corruption scandals in decades.

Source: Thanhnien News August 26, 2016 08:48 UTC