DHAKA: China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life, the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule.

He was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power and ‘intentionally disclosing national secrets’, China’s official Xinhua news agency reports, according to the BBC.

Until his retirement in 2012, Zhou was one of China’s most powerful men.

He was put under investigation one year later as part of President Xi Jinping’s major anti-corruption campaign.

Zhou pleaded guilty at a closed-door trial in the northern city of Tianjin. According to Xinhua, he said he would not launch an appeal.

BDST: 1547 HRS, JUN 11, 2015
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