The commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Macau Garrison, Liao Zhengrong, has been transferred to Guangzhou, according to an order issued by President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the army’s local garrison said in a statement on Friday.
The statement said that Liao would be serving as deputy commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, and that his position in Macau was temporarily vacant.
Liao took up the post of Macau Garrison commander in January. Liao was the vice-commander of the PLA garrison in Hong Kong before his posting to Macau.
