Event Record
Zhou Yongkang Case
Investigation, Party expulsion, and life sentence of a former top security official.
Contents
Event scope
The record separates the court's findings on bribery, abuse of power, and disclosure of state secrets from analysis of security-system reorganization.
Verifiable timeline
- Authorities announced the investigation in 2014.
- He was expelled from the Party and transferred for prosecution.
- A Tianjin court sentenced him to life imprisonment in 2015.
Institutions and mechanisms
The case crossed discipline, petroleum resources, Sichuan networks, and the political-legal system.
Government response
The court published the result and official messaging stressed that no one stood above Party discipline and state law.
Unresolved questions
Much of the trial was closed for state-secrets reasons, preventing independent review of the full evidence and associated network. [1]
Sources
- Zhou Yongkang Sentenced to Life Imprisonmentjudicial-record
- Regulations on the Work of CPC Discipline Inspection Commissionsprimary-record
- Regulations on CPC Inspection Workprimary-record
- NPC Standing Committee Decision Amending the Supervision Lawprimary-record
- Rules on Leading Cadres Reporting Personal Mattersprimary-record
- Final Appellate Ruling in the Bo Xilai Casejudicial-record
- First Instance Judgment in the Lai Xiaomin Casejudicial-record