Ex-security chief on bribes charges
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CHINA’S former security chief Zhou Yongkang was yesterday charged with bribery, abuse of power and intentional disclosure of state secrets, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said.
Zhou, 72, had a background in the oil industry and accumulated vast power as he rose through the ranks to become a member of the Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee.
Zhou took the advantage of his posts to offer benefits to others and illegally accepted a huge amount of money and property, according to the indictment.
Zhou’s abuse of power resulted in grave losses of public property. The social impact was “bad” and his act was “particularly serious,” according to the indictment.
He also intentionally disclosed state secrets and his act was “particularly serious,” the indictment said.
It was filed with a court in the northern port of Tianjin, but no trial date was given.
Zhou served as deputy general manager of the China National Petroleum Corporation, secretary of the Party’s Sichuan Provincial Committee, and a member of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee while minister of public security and state councilor. He also served as member of the Politburo Standing Committee and chief of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Party’s Central Committee.
The Tianjin prosecutors office brought in the prosecution according to the law after the SPP completed its investigation into Zhou’s case, the statement said.
Days after Zhou’s arrest, the Communist Party’s flagship People’s Daily newspaper branded him a “traitor.”
Under Chinese law, bribery can carry the death penalty in some circumstances.
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