China says high-level military official Miao Hua under investigation

Spokesperson calls report on probe of Defense Minister Dong Jun a 'fabrication'

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Miao Hua, director of the political affairs department of China's Central Military Commission, arrives in Pyongyang in October 2019. © AP

BEIJING (AP) -- China has suspended a high-ranking military official while he is being investigated, its Defense Ministry announced Thursday.

The official, Miao Hua, is director of the Political Work Department, on the powerful Central Military Commission that oversees the People's Liberation Army.

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