China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang sentenced to life in prison
Former Chinese security chief Zhou Yongkang was sentenced Thursday to life in prison on charges of bribery, abuse of power and leaking state secrets, state media said.
Zhou -- the highest ranking former official to be investigated in an anti-corruption campaign for several decades -- "admitted guilt" at a trial in the northern city of Tianjin, the official Xinhua news agency said.
AFP