BEIJING (Reuters) - A former aide to China's retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang was sacked on Wednesday after authorities opened a corruption probe, the latest move targeting associates of Zhou, who is also under investigation for graft.
Guo Yongxiang has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and stripped of his public office for "serious law and discipline violations", the party's anti-graft watchdog said in an announcement on its website (www.ccdi.gov.cn).
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