CHINA-INTERNAL: LEADERSHIP/ZHOU YONGKANG
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After the brief announcement on 29 July 2014, by the Central Discipline Inspection (CDIC) that Zhou Yongkang is under investigation “on suspicion of grave violations of discipline,” reports circulating in Beijing claim that the exact circumstances in which Wang Shuhua, former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang's first wife, was killed are now being investigated. Reports at that time mentioned that she had died in a road accident in 2000 after being divorced by her husband. At least one vehicle with a military licence plate was said to have been likely to be involved in the crash. Investigators are now understood to be looking for evidence of foul play by Zhou Yongkang in the crash. Xi Jinping is also said to be considering a proposal to let the 205-member Central Committee deliberate on whether to press criminal charges against 71-year old Zhou Yongkang, rather than handle his case exclusively among top leaders.
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