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China's Former Security Czar Publicly Linked to Anti-Graft Probe
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/probe-03042014173639.html
Zhou Yongkang at the National People's Congress opening session in Beijing, March 5, 2012.
China's Former Security Czar Publicly Linked to Anti-Graft Probe
2014-03-04
China's official media on Tuesday hinted that former security czar Zhou Yongkang is under investigation for corruption.
Speculation has been mounting for months that the authorities may be getting ready to charge Zhou, 71, a former member of the party's elite Politburo Standing Committee, with abuse of power.
A corruption investigation begun by the ruling Chinese Communist Party last year has widened to include Zhou's family and powerful political allies and business connections in the country's energy sector, reports indicate.
The English-language online edition of the Global Times newspaper, which has close ties to the party, referred for the first time to businessman Zhou Bin—currently under investigation by the party's disciplinary agency—as "Zhou's eldest son," repeating the comment on Tuesday in its English-language print edition.
