Xi Sets Up Special Unit to Probe Zhou Yongkang, SCMP Reports

Chinese President Xi Jinping set up a special unit for a probe into former head of internal security Zhou Yongkang, the South China Morning Post reported, citing three people it didn’t identify.

Beijing police chief Fu Zhenghua will head the unit and report directly to Xi, rather than through the Communist Party’s discipline commission, the newspaper reported. The move reflects Xi’s personal interest in the case and concerns that the party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection doesn’t have the proper experience handling criminal investigations, according to the report.