Two women detained in Sichuan graft probe
A deputy section chief at the agency that oversees state-owned enterprises and an executive at a Chengdu technology firm were arrested in connection with the investigation into Guo Yongxiang, The Beijing News reported.
The corruption probe into a former Sichuan vice-governor appears to have widened, amid reports that two female acquaintances also have been detained.
A deputy section chief at the agency that oversees state-owned enterprises and an executive at a Chengdu technology firm were arrested in connection with the investigation into Guo Yongxiang, The Beijing News reported.
The report revealed several new details, including the discovery by investigators of gold bars stashed in a villa belonging to Guo, who is chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Sichuan.
Guo, 64, has been accused of "serious violations of party discipline", a Communist Party euphemism for corruption.
He was a one-time top aide to Zhou Yongkang, a now retired member of the Politburo's supreme Standing Committee who oversaw public security and social stability.
The two worked together for 12 years, including stints at the China National Petroleum Corporation, the Ministry of Land and Resources and with the Sichuan provincial government. They went their separate ways in 2002 when Zhou was promoted to the Ministry of Public Security.