Sichuan political adviser Li Chongxi investigated
Li Chongxi, the chairman of the provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, is the third senior Sichuan official to fall under suspicion this year in what analysts describe as a widening investigation into Zhou Yongkang (inset) and his supporters.
A top member of the political advisory body in Sichuan province, who once served as an aide to former security tsar Zhou Yongkang, is under investigation for corruption.
Li Chongxi, the chairman of the provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, is the third senior Sichuan official to fall under suspicion this year in what analysts describe as a widening investigation into Zhou and his supporters.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said yesterday that Li was under investigation for serious violations of party discipline and the law, a phrase often used by party graft watchdogs to describe corruption.
Guo Yongxiang , a former deputy Sichuan governor, and Li Chuncheng , a former deputy party secretary, are also under investigation for graft.
President Xi Jinping set up a special team in October to investigate allegations of corruption against Zhou.
Sichuan was one of the powerbases of Zhou, who retired as the country's top security official in November last year.
Li Chongxi became the party committee's secretary general in Sichuan in August 2000.
