CHINA is to prosecute a former state security chief after accusing him of bribery and abusing his power to interfere in law enforcement, the Party’s graft watchdog said yesterday.
Ma Jian, once a vice minister at the Ministry of State Security, is the most senior security official to have been investigated for corruption since former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, who was jailed for life last year.
Ma has been expelled from the Party and will be handed to legal authorities, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said, meaning that he will be prosecuted.
In a short statement, it said its investigation found Ma had abused his position to benefit family members’ business interests, interfered in unspecified law enforcement activities and took bribes.
In a separate case yesterday, a court in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, jailed a former top security official in the Tibet Autonomous Region for 13 years.
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