China has confirmed it is investigating a powerful intelligence chief, Ma Jian, for corruption.<\/p>\n
The Communist Party’s discipline watchdog said Mr Ma was suspected of “serious violations” of the law.<\/p>\n
Mr Ma is the latest high-ranking figure to be targeted in an ongoing crackdown on corruption among party officials.<\/p>\n
He is vice-minister in the Ministry of State Security, which oversees foreign and counterintelligence operations.<\/p>\n
No further details were given in the one-line statement on the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s website, but the wording used typically applies to a corruption probe.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s John Sudworth in Beijing said criminal charges will come much later, but they, as well as his eventual conviction, are all but inevitable.<\/p>\n
Reports of the investigation into Mr Ma emerged earlier this month, with a South China Morning Post report linking it to a corruption probe involving a technology conglomerate.<\/p>\n
Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to eradicate corruption amongst party and government officials when he took power in late 2012, calling it a threat to the party’s survival.<\/p>\n
In recent months multiple officials have been toppled, the most senior being Zhou Yongkang, the former head of the Ministry of Public Security.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, an investigation was also announced into Zhang Kunsheng, the highest ranking of four Chinese assistant foreign ministers.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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