Corruption Probes Hit State Grid as Zhou Yongkang Takedown Continues

State grid official faces probe amid massive audit

Zhu started his career at State Grid in Henan province. He worked at State Grid subsidiaries Sichuan Electric Power Company from 2002 to 2009 and thereafter the Beijing Electric Power Company before being promoted to the North China post last year.

Water-resource-rich Sichuan has been a major target of the latest round of the anti-corruption crackdown, with a number of officials probed, including former vice-governor Guo Yongxiang, who was in charge of the province's water resources development, such as hydropower construction, from 2006-08.

Who else is from Sichuan?

China sacks former security chief Zhou Yongkang's associate

Chinese authorities have sacked another associate of Zhou Yongkang, in the latest apparent move targeting the powerful former security chief.

The Communist Party's anti-corruption watchdog said that Guo Yongxiang, a former vice-governor of Sichuan province, had been expelled from the party and removed from office.

Sichuan official with Zhou Yongkang link expelled from Communist Party

Li Chuncheng, Sichuan's former deputy party chief and an ally of retired security boss Zhou Yongkang, has been stripped of his titles for violating party discipline.

Li was also expelled from the Communist Party, its disciplinary watchdog said yesterday.

The announcement brings the party one step closer to deciding the fate of Zhou, who is believed to have been placed under detention in December amid a wide-ranging graft investigation.

Politician at centre of Sichuan graft probe 'helped relatives, friends, secure lucrative land deals'

Li Chuncheng, the former deputy Communist Party chief in Sichuan province who is under investigation for corruption, allegedly used his power to help relatives and friends buy land at cheap prices, according to a media report.

Nothing particularly nefarious, just general corruption that allows one side to arrest all the supporters of the other.

Zhou Yongkang was a supporter of Bo Xilai.