A senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officer Qu Rui who was responsible for organizing last year's military parade in Beijing was put under investigation for suspected corruption, South China Morning Post reported.

According to the edition, the Major General was detained last week. He became a defendant in an investigation conducted by the military disciplinary commission within the powerful Central Military Commission.

Qu Rui was a deputy chief of the Combat Operations Department under the People’s Liberation Army’s newly established Joint Staff Department. He was one of the chief curators of last year's large-scale parade in Beijing on the occasion of the 70 anniversary of the Victory.

According to the newspaper sources, it can be connected with the previous work of Qu Rui  when he headed one of divisions of the Fifth department of the General Staff which was responsible for the military equipment and property.