Zhou Yongkang Arrested, Stripped from Party Positions

(Beijing) — Authorities have arrested Zhou Yongkang, who once presided over China's domestic security apparatus and held position in the party's top echelons of power, triggering a return of focus on the nexus of corruption investigations surrounding the highest-level official ever to be prosecuted for graft.

The Communist Party removed Zhou from his party positions and handed his case to judicial authorities, Xinhua News Agency reported on December 6. It said the Politburo Standing Committee made the decision on December 5 after reviewing an investigation report by the party's anti-graft watchdog, the Central Discipline Inspection Commission(CDIC).