Graphic: Zhou's former colleagues probed
Zhou Bin, the younger son of former top security chief Zhou Yongkang, has been placed under detention on a charge of illegal business dealings, an article on Caijing magazine's website said on Tuesday.
Retired former head of domestic security becomes the most senior Party official to face formal investigation during the term of President Xi Jinping.
Zhou's former colleagues who have been probed
Retired former security chief becomes the most senior Party official to face formal investigation during the term of President Xi Jinping.
The People's Procuratorate of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province has filed the lawsuit against Li Daqiu, former vice chairman of the Guangxi Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, to the intermediate people's court of Yanbian.
Auditors nationwide will keep a close eye on officials in three key areas of accountability: government debt, natural resources and implementation of the central government's frugality campaign.
China is warning its officials to keep away from luxury mooncakes, even though the round pastry-featured Mid-Autumn Festival is still one and a half months away.
Prosecutors investigated more than 8,000 people on suspicion of breach of duty in the first half of 2014, according to the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
A total of 6,601 people were punished for breaches of anti-bureaucracy rules in June, the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s discipline agency said Friday. The violators were found to have been involved in 5,083 cases.
Prosecutors investigated more than 25,000 people on suspicion of corruption in the first half of 2014, according to statistics released by the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) on Friday.
Chen Tiexin, a senior political advisor of Liaoning, is under investigation for suspected serious discipline and law violations, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on Thursday.