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Zhou Yongkangi

Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, became the highest-ranking Party official to fall under corruption investigation on July 29, 2014 when state media announced a probe into his "serious discipline violations". Born in 1942, Zhou was secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the party’s Central Committee from 2007 to 2012. Other positions he held include vice minister of the petroleum industry (1985-1988), minister of land and resources (1998-1999), and Sichuan party boss (1999-2002). In 2002 he became head of the Ministry of Public Security and was made a member of the Politburo’s standing committee in 2007.

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Today, China's top officials gather in Beijing for a four-day key meeting devoted to the rule of law and to seal the fate of Zhou Yongkang, formerly one of the most powerful men in the country.

Intense speculation has been building since late last year mainland authorities would soon make public the results of the official investigation into Zhou Yongkang, one of China's most powerful officials of the past decade, and turn him over to criminal prosecution.

When will the country's leadership make public its unprecedented corruption investigation of Zhou Yongkang , once one of China's most powerful leaders in charge of the massive security apparatus?

  • Fu the latest senior justice official to fall in Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign
  • He is accused of taking bribes and sheltering criminals

Prosecutors have taken over former Shanghai police chief Gong Daoan’s case to prepare for trial, said China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

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There is not usually a lot of edification to be found in the trial of a disgraced member of the Communist Party's inner circle.

Cao Yongzheng, hailed for his ‘legendary’ talents for predicting the future while still only a child, gave testimony against disgraced security tsar during his closed-door trial

Disgraced security tsar Zhou Yongkang once had a legion of trusted aides taking care of his graft schemes. But none was a match for the mysterious "Xinjiang sage" when it came to Zhou confiding about state secrets.

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Former security chief and high-ranking Communist Party member Zhou Yongkang was found guilty of "bribery, abuse of power and leaking state secrets" and sentenced to life in prison, according to state media.

The trial date for China's former security tsar Zhou Yongkang has been postponed amid a push by the authorities to build a stronger case against him. Sources confirmed the trial was originally set for late April, but that this had now been pushed back.