China's then Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang attends the Hebei delegation discussion sessions at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing in this October 16, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Jason Lee
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's domestic security chief said his disgraced predecessor, Zhou Yongkang, led many others astray, alluding to a widening crackdown on Zhou's friends and associates, the Beijing News reported on Wednesday.
Meng Jianzhu made the comments at a conference on politics and law, saying Zhou's pursuit of "money, power and the sex trade" had caused serious harm to the ruling Communist Party, the state-run paper reported.
