BEIJING (Reuters) - A former aide to China's retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang was sacked on Thursday after authorities opened a corruption probe, state media said, the latest move targeting associates of Zhou, who is also under investigation for graft.
The official Xinhua news agency said that Ji Wenlin had been removed from his post as a vice governor of the southern island province of Hainan.
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