Beijing, May 9 -- China has sentenced former defence ministers, Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, to suspended death sentences on corruption charges, in what analysts describe as one of the harshest punishments imposed on senior military officials under President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-graft campaign within the People's Liberation Army (PLA), as reported by Phayul.

According to Phayul, Chinese military courts found both officials guilty of accepting massive bribes and misusing their authority while serving in top defence positions. The verdicts, announced through Chinese state media, come amid an intensifying crackdown on senior PLA figures accused of corruption and political disloyalty.

Li Shangfu was convicted of both taking and offering ...