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China probes former senior aide to Hu Jintao over graft

Published Mon, Dec 22, 2014 · 09:50 PM

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    Beijing

    CHINA'S ruling Communist Party announced a corruption investigation into a one-time senior aide to former president Hu Jintao on Monday, as President Xi Jinping opens another front in his sweeping battle against deep-rooted graft.

    In a terse and brief statement on its website, the party's anti-corruption watchdog said that Ling Jihua was being investigated for "suspected serious discipline violations", the usual euphemism for graft. It gave no other details.

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