Caught in the crosshairs of Chinas corruption campaign
Until the morning of 14 September, Dong Xuegang was not a suicide statistic but a 51-year-old middle-ranking official in the city of Yuncheng, Shanxi, with a wife and child, and a life as three-dimensional as any of us. Then he jumped to his. Mr Gao.
China ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang gets life term
Chinas ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life, the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule. He was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power and intentionally disclosing national secrets, Chinas.
China ex-security tsar Zhou Yongkangs trial delayed amid speculation he.
The trial date for Chinas former security tsar Zhou Yongkang has been postponed amid a push by the authorities to build a stronger case against him.. It was the first time Zhous name had appeared in court documents released to the public.
Chinas spy chief Ma Jian in corruption probe
China has confirmed it is investigating a powerful intelligence chief, Ma Jian, for corruption. The Communist Partys discipline watchdog said Mr Ma was suspected of serious violations of the law. Mr Ma is the latest high-ranking figure to be.
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Sichuan was a power base of Zhou Yongkang, Chinas former domestic security chief who is now the subject of a corruption probe. Mr Zhou was the party secretary in Sichuan before becoming head of Chinas public security ministry in 2003. He was arrested .
China ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang gets life sentence.
(BBC) ��� Chinas former security chief Zhou Yongkang has been sentenced to life in prison, Chinese media report. He was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power and ���intentionally disclosing national secrets���, Chinas official��.
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The timeline below gathers the details of the toppling of the Partys highest-level leaders from the time of Maos death to the trial, in August 2013, of Bo Xilai���the fallen Chongqing Party Secretary who was sentenced to life in prison for. On December 5, Chinas former security czar, Zhou Yongkang, was expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and formally arrested, after months of investigation... I Dont Know Where Some Cadres Get Their Magical Powers.
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http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/thai-protest-leaders-handed-prison-terms-and-freed-bail. The United Nations Security Council on Thursday held its first closed-door briefing on the human rights situation in Myanmar, focusing on the dire situation of the countrys Rohingya Muslim minority.. Chinas former security chief Zhou Yongkang has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and disclosing state secrets, making him the most senior official being prosecuted in decades
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A tall tell-all tale from the dark side of Chinese power
The latest one to fly off the shelves is Shen Bings Own Account: My Story with Zhou Yongkang. Published. She won a competition to join CCTV in 2000 and soon became acquainted with the high life through discreet but extravagant gatherings of the.
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With the United States sitting on the sidelines, Arab and European countries alarmed at a steady uptick in tensions between Israelis and Palestinians are pushing ahead with efforts to get the two sides talking again and moving toward.. BEIJING (AP) ��� Chinese authorities arrested the once-feared ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang and launched a criminal investigation Saturday on charges ranging from adultery and bribery to leaking state secrets, after expelling him��.
China arrests ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang
Ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang, the most senior Chinese official to be investigated for corruption, has been arrested and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report. The Supreme Peoples Procuratorate, Chinas top prosecuting body, said it.
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NEWS ANALYSIS Move against Chinas ex-security czar signals no one is above the law. By Kor Kian Beng China bureau chief. PRESIDENT Xi Jinpings move to officially investigate retired security chief Zhou Yongkang has smashed the biggest unwritten rule in. The term is typically a euphemism for corruption.. ���We might not know the real reasons but corruption is the easiest reason to use if you want to get the support and understanding of the people,��� he said.
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Ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang, the most senior Chinese official to be investigated for corruption, has been arrested and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report.. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29655466. at Chinese state-owned companies and in the government, all of them members of the 12th National Peoples Congress, have been dismissed or have stood down for �� serious violation of discipline and law �� ��� a term usually signifying corruption
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But now, as The BBC reports, state media have announced he is being investigated for serious disciplinary violation, a term usually used to refer to corruption.. *CHINA STARTS PROBE OF EX-SECURITY CHIEF ZHOU YONGKANG: XINHUA As Bloomberg reports, Todays move represents a tightening grip on power by Chinas President Xi Jinping, following his appointment as military chief and head of. The news ended months of speculation about his fate.
Top China official to face prosecution for corruption
. and extradited hundreds of suspected economic criminals back to China last year. Mr Su is considered to be among the most senior government figures caught in the dragnet, along with former security chief Zhou Yongkang who was arrested in December.
China Week: Zhou charged, the AIIB and a lotus
So we now know that Chinas former security chief Zhou Yongkang will go on trial in Tianjin and we now know the charges he will face. The important thing to watch here is not so much the corruption counts, or exchanging power and money for sex.
Happy Friday, Zhou Yongkang | Foreign Policy
Eight minutes after midnight on Friday, the axe fell on Zhou Yongkang: a terse news release from state-run Xinhua news agency said that Chinas former security czar Zhou had been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party, his. George Chen, financial editor for the English-language South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, also grumbled on Twitter: ���Question: Why did China (Xi Jinping) decide to announce official arrest of ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang at ���
China: changing of the guard ���amid same old repression.
3; BBC News, Feb. 14). In the prelude to the Party Congress, police and security personnel cracked down on dissidents, human rights activists and petitioners, with hundreds detained���part of the effort pioneered by Xi to maintain stability. A diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks in August 2011 said former Chinese Premier Li Peng and his family controlled all electric power interests, Politburo member and security czar Zhou Yongkang and his cronies controlled the��.
Liu Tienan: Top Chinese economist jailed over bribery
He was at the time one of the most senior officials to be detained after President Xi Jinping launched an corruption crackdown after coming to power in 2012. Last week criminal charges were brought against former security chief Zhou Yongkang, the most .
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Last December Chinese ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang was arrested on corruption charges and expelled from the Chinese Communist Party. Many of his former associates and relatives also faced corruption probes.
China ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang charged
Chinas former security chief Zhou Yongkang has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and the intentional disclosure of state secrets, state media report. Mr Zhou was, until his retirement in 2012, one of Chinas most powerful men. He headed the .
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China says Zhou Yongkang case may take long time
. is still going on - and may take a long time to complete. But the government has promised to make public the case against the former leader Zhou Yongkang. Before he retired two years ago, Mr Zhou was the head of Chinas vast internal security.
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The former Chief Secretary Rafael Hui was found to have received loans, consultation fees, rental benefits and other bribery payments accumulating up to around HKD$29 millions from the Kwok Brothers of Sun Hong Kei Properties.. a equal and harmonious growing community. Reference: China arrests ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang. (Dec 6, 2014). BBC News China. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30352458. Zhou Yongkang. (n.d.).
China investigates ex-security chief
Chinas former security chief Zhou Yongkang is being investigated for suspected serious disciplinary violation, state media say.. Zhou Yongkang was also an ally of Bo Xilai, the one-time high-flying former Chongqing party chief who was jailed last.
Macau luxury fair cancelled because of China corruption probe
The BBCs South Asia regional editor Jill McGivering says the Communist Party has always forbidden gambling but, until the launch of the recent anti-corruption campaign, many officials nonetheless flocked to Macaus casinos to place bets - and often.
Dealmaker linked to Zhou Yongkang case had ties with ex.
Wu Bing , a high-flying dealmaker implicated in the investigations of former security tsar Zhou Yongkang and his allies, has business ties to relatives of former vice-president Zeng Qinghong, according to corporate records and other public information. The authorities have. The South China Morning Post has reported that Zhou is being investigated by party disciplinary authorities, although it remains unclear what, if any, action authorities will take against him. Wu is��.
China begins corruption inquiry into former security chief.
Zhou is most senior Chinese politician to be linked to corruption scandal since Communist party came to power in 1949.. Related News. by Email. Get the top news stories delivered directly to your inbox! Go. By Yuwen Wu BBC Chinese 5 December 2014 From the section China Zhou Yongkang quickly rose from an oil field technician to become one of Chinas top politicians Zhou. BBC News. China: Ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang charged with corruption. 0:44��.
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The most senior of these is former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, who was once a member of Chinas highest decision-making body, the Politburo Standing Committee. Our correspondent says that Mr Jiang is a protege of Mr Zhou. He has been .