Corruption probe into He Jintao, elder son of ex-Politburo man He Guoqiang
Top leaders order investigation into He Jintao whose father, He Guoqiang, sat on supreme ruling body and headed corruption commission
The party's top leaders have approved the launch of a corruption investigation into the elder son of He Guoqiang, a former member of the supreme Politburo Standing Committee, four sources familiar with the matter told the South China Morning Post.
The son, He Jintao, is now under house arrest.
Wang Qishan, who is in charge of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party's anti-corruption investigation department, has briefed He Guoqiang on some of the initial findings, the sources said.
He Guoqiang was Wang's immediate predecessor as head of the anti-graft commission and was the eighth most senior official in the party before his retirement in 2012.
It is not clear if a younger son, He Jinlei, is also under investigation. The inquiry into He Jintao did not mean his father was implicated, the sources added.
The case contrasts with the corruption investigation into the former security tsar Zhou Yongkang , who was also a member of the Politburo Standing Committee. Zhou's elder son, Zhou Bin, was detained as investigators focused on Zhou Yongkang himself.