Observers will be looking for any hints of such crimes in the trials of Mr Liu and his associates.More clues to Mr Zhou's fate might emerge in the case of another Sichuan billionaire detained for corruption.
In the seven months to March 20th, 24 more ministerial-level officials have been detained for corruption, bringing the total to 69 in 28 months more than double the number than in the previous five years under Mr Xi's predecessor, Hu Jintao.
In the past few years, high-level officials have often been detained for corruption in China.
At least 95% of the officials detained for corruption in 2012 had mistresses, according to a study by People's University in Beijing.
He also knew nothing, he insists, about a separate commission paid to Mrs Deviers-Joncour.A Deviers-Joncour.A year agour was placed under forMrs investigation for corruption, and detained for five months in prison, accused of having received FFr66m (about $12m in 1991) from the oil company, including a FFr45m "commission" on the frigate deal.
Dozens of televised confessions have recently been broadcast before court proceedings by persons detained for stirring up trouble, corruption and endangering state secrets.
In Ethiopia, she told me, she worked for the national TV news channel and was tortured, threatened, and detained for reporting on government corruption.
Bo, the former leader of the southwestern Chinese megacity of Chongqing, is being probed for corruption while Gu has been detained for suspected involvement in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood last year.
Eight people detained for questioning this week as part of a massive corruption investigation targeting allies of the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have been formally arrested, the state-run news agency reported.
Early Wednesday, just hours after Mr. Mubarak was hospitalized, prosecutors ordered that his sons be detained for 15 days for an investigation into allegations of corruption and abuse of authority, state television reported, according to The Associated Press.
The report said human rights advocates, journalists, clerics and even government officials had been detained for weeks, even months, after speaking or writing about corruption, questioning peace talks or criticizing Yasir Arafat.
