Lax security sees company disqualified

The People's Liberation Army's equipment management department announced on Tuesday that it had disqualified a State-owned bidding company from acting as an agent for equipment procurement due to improper handling of classified information.

According to a statement from the scientific research and procurement bureau of the Central Military Commission's Equipment Development Department, China Far East International Tendering Co was acting as a tendering agency for a unit of the PLA's Strategic Support Force.

The statement was released on Tuesday on a tendering-information website affiliated to the PLA's equipment management department.