New China corruption probe for security chief

China’s top leaders have backed a corruption investigation into Zhou Yongkang, a former security tsar and one of the country’s most powerful politicians of the past decade, according to a report.

Quoting sources “familiar with the leadership thinking”, the South China Morning Post said China’s current and retired top leaders endorsed the decision in early August to investigate Mr Zhou, who oversaw the judicial system and served on the Politburo Standing Committee, the apex of political power.