China probes state television producer amid corruption investigation

Beijing

CHINESE anti-graft authorities are investigating a television producer related to a disgraced former presidential aide probed for graft last month, the media reported on Monday, as the leadership widens a crackdown on corruption.

Luo Fanghua, an executive of the business channel at state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), is the latest of several of the network's senior producers, executives and journalists to face investigation for corruption.