China Starts Criminal Probe into 3 More Former Senior Officials

Chinese authorities began criminal investigations on Friday into three more former high-ranking officials over corruption allegations, all of them allies of powerful, retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang. Sources have told Reuters that Zhou has been put under virtual house arrest while the ruling Communist Party investigates him for graft, though the party has made no announcement about his case. Several of Zhou's political allies have been held in custody and questioned...

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