China Ex-police Chief

A former Chinese regional police chief has been arrested on suspicion of murder, the country's top prosecution agency said today, the victim reportedly a girlfriend 35 years his junior.

The fallen ex-police chief who exposed a murder by a Chinese politician's wife was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday in a decision that sets the stage for China's leadership to close a seamy political scandal and move ahead with a generational handover of power.

An ex-police chief whose flight to a US consulate triggered the biggest scandal to rock China's ruling Communist party in years was put on trial in a closed session on Monday, his lawyer said.

China says the former police chief at the heart of the country's biggest political scandal in years has been charged with defection, power abuse, and bribe taking.

A former Chinese regional police chief has been arrested on suspicion of murder, the country's top prosecution agency said today, the victim reportedly a girlfriend 35 years his junior.

The fallen ex-police chief who exposed a murder by a Chinese politician's wife was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday in a decision that sets the stage for China's leadership to close a seamy political scandal and move ahead with a generational handover of power.

An ex-police chief whose flight to a US consulate triggered the biggest scandal to rock China's ruling Communist party in years was put on trial in a closed session on Monday, his lawyer said.

China says the former police chief at the heart of the country's biggest political scandal in years has been charged with defection, power abuse, and bribe taking.