BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party said on Tuesday it has launched an investigation into former security chief Zhou Yongkang—one of its most powerful figures—in a bold move in the country’s deepening anti-corruption crackdown.

With the official announcement of the long-rumored probe, Zhou becomes the most senior member of the Communist Party to be investigated since the infamous Gang of Four—a faction that included the widow of founding leader Mao Zedong—were put on trial in 1980.

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