Beijing security head detained in China graft probe - NYT


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  • Saturday, 22 Feb 2014

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has detained the head of Beijing's state security bureau as part of a wider investigation into powerful ex-domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, the New York Times said on Saturday.

Liang Ke, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of State Security, was taken into custody last month by the anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, sources told the newspaper.

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