Liu Zheng (born August 1954) is a retired

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in the

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of China. He served as Deputy Head of the

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. In November 2014 he was placed under investigation by the PLA's anti-corruption agency. Liu was a member of the

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Life and career

Liu was born and raised in Yingkou,

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. He graduated from

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, majoring in electronics and communication engineering. After college, he was assigned to the

(GLD). Liu obtained the rank of

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in July 2006. In December 2009 he was promoted to become

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of the GLD, a position he held until December 2012, while he was promoted again to become Deputy Head of the GLD. He attained the rank of

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in August 2014. On January 15, 2015, the People's Liberation Army announced that he has been under investigation since December 2014 for "suspected legal violations".

References

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