China: Former Anti-corruption boss is now the vice president
UPDATE 18 March 2018 Supervision Minister Yang Xiaodu, was elected head of the National Supervision Commission (NSC). He is also a deputy head of the party’s own graft-fighting Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). Zhao Leji, remains head of the CCDI. That body will remain and will share many of its functions with the new commission. Zhao is a member of the party’s elite seven-man Standing Committee. Parliament announced on Sunday the re-elections of Li Keqiang as premier and Zhou Qiang as chief justice. The new supervision law will give detentions the cover of legality, while torture and rights...
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