Li Shangfu has been missing from public view for more than two weeks.
BEIJING: Defence minister Li Shangfu, who has been missing from public view for more than two weeks, has been placed under investigation by Chinese authorities, according to 10 people familiar with the matter.
Reuters’ detailed examination of the allegations against Li and the timing of the probe is based on interviews with sources who interact regularly with senior Chinese political and defence leaders, and regional officials with close knowledge of Chinese politics.The state council and the defence ministry did not immediately return requests for comment.The Financial Times reported today, citing US officials, that the US government believes Li has been placed under investigation.
US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel today posed the question on X, formerly Twitter, whether Li was under house arrest.Li was last seen in Beijing on Aug 29 giving a key-note speech at a security forum with African nations.The probe into the minister started shortly after his return from that trip, according to a person in direct contact with the military and two foreign security officials briefed on the case.
Li’s failure to attend that meeting, and talks with a senior Singaporean military official in China the same week, raised questions among regional diplomats and social media users about his whereabouts. The two men had prominent public-facing roles and also serve among China’s five state councillors, a post outranking a regular minister.In July, the military’s procurement unit took the highly unusual step of issuing a notice that it was looking to “clean-up” its bidding process.He ran the unit until October 2022.
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