Aide to China’s top security chief Zhou Yongkang jailed for 12 years on graft charges
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 03 November, 2015, 11:32am
UPDATED : Tuesday, 03 November, 2015, 11:46am
Reuters in Beijing
Li Chongxi was a former top political adviser in Sichuan province, one of Zhou Yongkang's strongholds. Photo: SCMP Pictures
A court in China has sentenced a former top aide to the country’s jailed security chief Zhou Yongkang to 12 years in prison for corruption, state broadcaster China Central Television reported on its social media account on Tuesday.
Li Chongxi, once the top political adviser in the southwestern province of Sichuan, one of Zhou’s old strongholds, was indicted on corruption charges in April.
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He is among a slew of former Zhou allies to face punishment for graft amid a sweeping anti-corruption campaign by the ruling Communist Party’s leadership.
Zhou was sentenced to life in jail in June on charges of taking bribes, abuse of power and intentionally leaking state secrets.
Former national security chief Zhou Yongkang at his sentencing in June. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Two of his former allies were given prison terms last month.
The ex-head of the state-run oil giant China National Petroleum Corp, Jiang Jiemin was jailed for 16 years on graft charges.
Sichuan province’s former deputy Communist Party chief, Li Chuncheng, was given a 13-year sentence.
