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China’s ex-justice minister held for probe into ‘serious violations’ of Communist Party discipline
- Fu Zhenghua, once a rising political star, helped to investigate former security chief Zhou Yongkang who received a life term for corruption and abuse of power
- The 66-year-old is the fourth former deputy public security minister to be detained in recent years
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Former Chinese justice minister Fu Zhenghua has been detained for an investigation into “serious violations” of party discipline, the Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog announced on Saturday.
State media did not give details of the reasons for the probe announced by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).
Fu, 66, once a political rising star, was removed from his post in the ministry early last year, indicating his retirement. He was appointed a member of the social and legal affairs committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a consultative role.
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He is also a member of the party’s elite Central Committee and is the first member of the 200-strong body to be detained by graft investigators since the 19th Party Congress in 2017.
Fu, a native of Hebei province, made his name in 2010 with a high-profile bust at Beijing’s exclusive Passion nightclub months after being named the capital’s police chief.
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He was chosen in 2013 to lead the investigation into China’s former security chief, Zhou Yongkang, who was jailed for life in 2015 for corruption and abuse of power.
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