Admiral Dong is the third consecutive serving or former defence minister to be investigated for alleged corruption. He replaced General Li Shangfu as defence minister in December 2023. General Li was himself removed seven months into the job for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for granting favours in violation of military and party discipline.

China is reportedly investigating a third successive defence minister on suspicion of corruption. Dong Jun, promoted to the position in December 2023 following the ousting of his predecessor Li Shangfu, has been targeted in a wider anti-corruption probe of the Chinese military, according to the Financial Times.

China Defence Minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation as part of a wide-ranging anti-corruption probe that has roiled the top ranks of the People's Liberation Army, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

China's foreign ministry, responding to a question about a report saying the Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation for corruption, said on Wednesday that it was "just shadow-chasing".

China’s foreign ministry described the report as “chasing shadows” – an idiom for going after something that’s unfounded – when asked about it during a routine news co

Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation for corruption, a report said Wednesday, the latest official to fall in a sweeping crackdown on graft in the country's