The most senior official to face corruption charges in the history of modern China has been formally placed under investigation by the ruling Communist party, nearly eight months after he and his family members were detained.
In a one-line statement published by Chinese state media on Tuesday evening, the party’s Central Committee announced it would investigate Zhou Yongkang, 71, the country’s former security tsar, for suspected “serious violations of [party] discipline,” a euphemism for corruption charges.
Between 2007 and 2012, Mr Zhou was one of China’s nine most powerful men as a member of the party’s Central Politburo Standing Committee, the pinnacle of power in the authoritarian state.
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