【新唐人2013年12月06日讯】日前，北京通过非官方渠道，对海外媒体释放关于中共前政治局常委，中央政法委书记周永康被中纪委拘捕的消息，罪名是贪污腐败。目前这一消息还没有得到中共当局的证实。本台记者就此采访了时事评论专家，下面来看看他们有什么看法。
12月4号，“英国广播公司”《BBC》中文网引述消息说，中纪委书记王岐山在3号的政治局会议上，向政治局常委通报了对周永康的调查情况。中纪委决定对周永康的问题进行立案调查，对周的行动则实行比之前更加严密的监视。
目前，中共当局并没有公开有关周永康被查的消息。
时事评论员邢天行：“虽然中共当局没有明确的从它自己的媒体报导出来，但是这个事实应该是不错的，因为周永康被拿下的消息，应该是中共当局有意通过其他的一些媒体，释放出来的一个消息。”
《BBC》还引述《路透社》的消息报导说，周永康之子“周滨”已经回国，但行动受到控制，正在接受中纪委的问话。《路透社》采访了三名不愿透露身份的消息人士，三人都表示，“周滨”现在在北京郊区“被软禁”，协助调查前国资委主任，原“中石油”董事长蒋洁敏的腐败案。
林子旭：“周永康的儿子周斌直接被拿出来批判，这就是要动手的信号了。虽然周永康被拿下的消息，到目前为止还没有被最后证实，但是从目前的情况来看，不会有什么太大的出入了，周永康被拿下，不论从哪个角度看都是必然的。”
不过，美国《大纪元》新闻网分析认为，抓捕周永康是中共高层有意放出来的消息，而且选在美国副总统拜登访问北京的同时。
时事评论员 夏小强：“因为去年在习近平访美时，是拜登向习近平透露了王立军交给美国的资料，习近平是从拜登那里得知，周永康和薄熙来政变谋反、以及暗杀他的信息。”
《大纪元》分析，抛出周永康被抓的消息，是中共领导人习近平针对中共官员的示警。但周永康被抓何时宣布及如何宣布，目前没有达成共识。
邢天行：“因为周永康他背后牵扯到问题太大，主要是牵扯到曾庆红和江泽民这两个关键的政治局人物。薄熙来直接参与了政变，包括试图谋杀习近平，这个背后的势力就是周永康。另外，在周永康所涉及的所有的问题当中，他的罪行比薄熙来要更大，包括他在活摘法轮功学员器官这个问题上。”
时事评论员林子旭分析，动周永康，向上牵扯到前中共国家副主席曾庆红、和前党魁江泽民，向下会牵扯到难以计数的中共公、检、法、司系统的大大小小官员，稍有不慎，中共这个体制就有可能崩盘，如果习近平不能控制好局面，周永康这些人咸鱼翻身都是有可能的。
时事评论员 林子旭：“但是，习近平又不得不出手，因为中共内部的权斗从来都是你死我活的，如果习近平给周永康留下太多喘息空间，自己的处境就会越来越糟糕，周永康，包括他身后的曾庆红、江泽民，为了保命可是什么事情都能干得出来的。”
林子旭：“在这种情况下，习近平在稳固权力之后，就选择了这种温水煮青蛙，让周永康一点点被蚕食最终被拿下的策略。在舆论上也是，大家看到了分阶段的炒作，让各界都做好周永康下台的心理准备。”
周永康在去年中共十八大前交出所有权力后，形同“裸退”。《大纪元》分析，周永康之后的所有露面，都是为了平衡局势，迫于政权的需要安排出来的。
十八大后，周永康的心腹、亲信不断的落马，从四川省扩展到石油系统、政法系统，李春城、吴永文、郭永祥、蒋洁敏、李华林等都被调查﹔周永康家族的“钱袋子”和“大管家”——四川商人吴兵也被抓。习近平这一系列的动作被指敲山震虎，剑指周永康。
采访编辑/常春 后制/李勇
Taking Down the Tigers, Zhou Yongkang Under Investigation
In recent days, Beijing released news via unofficial channels
to overseas media about the Chinese Communist Party’s
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI)
arresting Zhou Yongkang on graft charges.
Zhou is an ex-member of Standing Committee of the CCP’s
Political Bureau and the ex-Head of the Political and Legal
Affairs Committee (PLAC).
At present, the news has not been yet confirmed by the CCP.
One of our reporters interviewed current affairs commentators
on the issue.
Let’s see what they think about it.
Dec. 4th, BBC’s Chinese language website cited sources
who say that CCDI head Wang Qishan reported
the investigation progress on Zhou Yongkang to the Politburo
Standing Committee at their Dec. 3rd meeting.
The CCDI decided to make a formal case investigation
and monitor Zhou more strictly than before.
At present, CCP authorities have not
yet released news on Zhou’s investigation.
Xing Tianxing, current affairs commentator: “Though the CCP
didn’t definitively report the news on their own media,
but the fact should not be wrong.
It’s likely that the CCP intentionally used other media
to release news of Zhou’s arrest."
BBC cites the report from Reuters and says Zhou Bin,
Zhou Yongkang’s son, has returned China but his movements
are restricted and he’s being questioned by the CCDI.
Reuters interviewed three anonymous sources who all say
that Zhou Bin is now under house arrest in a Beijing suburb
so as to have him assist in investigating the
corruption case of Jiang Jiemin, former top regulator for
China’s state-owned enterprises and ex-chairman of
the China National Petroleum Corporation.
Lin Zixu, current affairs commentator: “Zhou Yongkang’s son
Zhou Bin was directly taken up for questioning,
which indicates a signal for taking action on Zhou.
Although official news of Zhou Yongkang’s arrest has not yet
been confirmed, based on the current situation,
there isn’t much uncertainty about it.
Zhou Yongkang’s arrest is inevitable from any viewpoint."
Still, US-based Epoch Times news website says high levels of
the CCP intentionally released the news of Zhou Yongkang’s
arrest at this time when U.S. Vice President Joe Biden
is visiting Beijing.
Xia Xiaoqiang, current affair commentator: “When Xi Jinping
visited the U.S. last year, it was Biden who disclosed
what information Wang Lijun submitted to the U.S.
Xi learned from Biden that Zhou Yongkang and Bo Xilai
planned to undertake a coup and assassinate Xi."
Epoch Times says the news of Zhou Yongkang’s arrest
is a warning from leader Xi Jinping to all CCP officials.
But there is currently no consensus as to when and how
the news of Zhou Yongkang’s arrest was released.
Xing Tianxing: “Because Zhou Yongkang is involved in
a very large issue which has to do with the key figures of the
CCP politburo.
Bo Xilai directly participated the coup,
including trying to kill Xi Jinping.
However, Bo’s supporting force is from Zhou Yongkang.
In addition, of all issues Zhou Yongkang has been involved in,
his crimes are more serious than Bo Xilai’s,
including organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners."
arresting Zhou Yongkang will involve ex-Vice President
Zeng Qinghong, and ex-President Jiang Zemin,
and numerous officials in the entire Public Security,
Procuratorial, Legal and Justice systems from the top down.
If there is any carelessness, the CCP regime might collapse;
if Xi Jinping cannot control the situation well,
it’s possible Zhou Yongkang and those implicated
could overturn the situation.
Lin Zixu: “However, Xi Jinping has to take action,
because the CCP’s internal power clash
is always a cutthroat battle.
If Xi Jinping leaves Zhou too much free space, then his situation
will become worse, whereas Zhou Yongkang and his supporters
Zeng Qinghong and Jiang Zemin may be willing to do
anything in order to survive."
Under such a circumstance, after Xi Jinping consolidates
his power, he chooses a ‘boiling frog’ strategy, which allows
him to slowly erode Zhou’s force and eventually arrest him.
In the public opinion, there’s been a phase of media hype,
which allows everyone to be mentally prepared for
Zhou’s final end."
After Zhou handed over all his power around
the 18th Conference of the CCP Central Committee,
he seems to “fully retire" without any reserved power.
The Epoch Times says that all of Zhou’s public appearances
after the conference are all arranged so as to balance
the situation and fulfill the need to maintain authority.
After the 18th Conference, the henchmen and trusted followers
of Zhou Yongkang fell in sequence, including Li Chuncheng,
Wu Yongwen, Guo Yongxiang, Jiang Jiemin and Li Hualin
in Sichuan Province, the State-Owned Petroleum system and
the PLAC.
Sichuan businessman Wu Bing, who was the money bag
and butler of Zhou’s family, was also arrested.
Such a series of actions taken by Xi are understood as
“knocking the mountain to terrify the tiger" and
the final goal is to punish Zhou Yongkang.
Interview & Edit/ChangChun Post-Production/LiYong
