China removes five generals from national lawmaking body

BEIJING: Chinese ​lawmakers have stripped ​five People's Liberation ​Army generals of their membership of parliament, a statement from ‌the Standing Committee ⁠of ⁠the National People's ​Congress showed on Thursday.

Li Qiaoming, who has been the commander of the PLA Ground Force, and ⁠Shen Jinlong, ‌former PLA Navy commander, were dismissed as ⁠NPC deputies. Also removed were the current or former political commissars of the PLA Navy, Air Force and Information Support Force - Qing Shengxiang, ‌Yu Zhongfu and Li Wei.

Several other military officers ​and ​a ⁠number of provincial officials - including Sun Shaocheng, the former party chief ​of the Inner Mongolia region - were also removed, the statement showed.