Over 500 Associates of Ex-Security Czar Zhou Yongkang Arrested, 13 Escaped

Following the expulsion of the Chinese regime’s former security czar, Zhou Yongkang, 521 of his associates were arrested and another 13 escaped overseas, according to a top-level internal memo of the Chinese regime.

Zhou Yongkang, attends the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on March 3, 2011, in Beijing, China. On July 29 the Chinese regime’s Xinhua news agency confirmed that Zhou, a former member of the Politburo Standing Committee and head of China’s security apparatus, was being investigated. Feng Li/Getty Images

Following the expulsion of the Chinese regime’s former security czar, Zhou Yongkang, in December last year, 521 of his associates were arrested and another 13 escaped overseas, according to a top-level internal memo of the regime passed down to the provincial level on Nov. 12, Hong Kong-based Chengming Magazine reported.

Chengming has regularly broken news about the ongoing power struggle in Beijing and is believed to be used for that purpose by the camp of Chinese Communist Party head Xi Jinping. This memo claims Zhou’s case is complex with widespread implications, and that more information will be released at a “suitable time.”

Among the 13 fugitives, Zhou's mistress Liu Yingxia is a key witness for his case.