Corruption Drive Picks Up Shanghai Party Boss - China

The current anti-corruption drive, which has already taken some surprisingly powerful heads, has taken another high-profile victim in the form of Shanghai Party Secretary, Chen Liangyu. According to the International Herald Tribune, he was “detained” on Sunday:

“It is exceedingly rare in China for members of the ruling Politburo to face legal trouble, even when the authorities have evidence of corrupt activities by them or people close to them. [President] Hu almost certainly would not have approved of the action unless he considered Chen an obstacle to his political control or his policy agenda.”