BEIJING — A top Chinese military official has been dismissed while an investigation into "serious violations of discipline" takes place, Beijing said on Thursday, the latest senior figure to fall in a sweeping crackdown on graft in the country's armed forces.

The ruling Communist Party has "decided to suspend Miao Hua from duty pending [an] investigation," Wu Qian, a spokesman for Beijing's defense ministry, told a press briefing.

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