'Shadow chasing': China rejects graft probe report against Defense Chief Dong Jun Related news

Petru Mazilu

ISTANBUL China on Wednesday rejected a claim by the daily Financial Times about a corruption probe against the country's Defense Minister Dong Jun. The report is “groundless" and that of “shadow chasing," said Mao Ning, spokeswoman at China's Foreign Ministry, according to the daily South China Morning Post. Beijing's reaction came after the influential UK-based newspaper had reported that Dong, 63, was facing a corruption investigation. Dong is “being investigated as part of a broader probe