Soldiers punished for breaking alcohol ban

The People's Liberation Army Air Force has punished more than 100 of its members for violating an alcohol ban or failing to prevent subordinates from drinking, Chinese media has reported.

Since 2014, 15 Air Force members who drank at their workplaces or during work hours, and 87 others who failed to make sure their subordinates followed the ban, have been punished, according to a report by People's Daily.

The report said the punishments included demotion, disqualification from promotion and administrative warnings. It also said that many restaurants near military installations in Beijing noticed customers from the PLA had no longer been ordering alcohol.