【新唐人2014年07月31日讯】前中共中央政治局常委周永康被立案审查,周永康的儿子周滨,也被媒体证实,因涉嫌非法经营罪,已被湖北省宜昌市检察院批准逮捕。美国媒体引述消息来源说,周滨最近交待了对他父亲不利的证据,中共当局才决定宣布对周永康立案审查。
7月29号傍晚,中共高层宣布对前政治局常委、政法委书记周永康立案审查。当晚,大陆《财经网》引述来自权威渠道的信息证实,周永康的儿子周滨因“涉嫌非法经营罪”,早前已经被湖北省宜昌市检察院正式批准逮捕。
报导说,现年42岁的周滨,凭借他父亲强大的政治影响力,数十年来,在江苏无锡建立了一个庞大隐秘的政商帝国,范围从北京到四川,甚至拓展到海外。
周滨的生意涉及水电、石油、旅游、投资等,依托四川商人吴兵的“中旭系”企业以及石油系统,商业帝国的价值以亿万计。
中国资深法学专家赵远明指出,从之前的报导来看,不仅周永康涉巨贪,他的家人和亲朋好友都在他的权势庇护下,聚敛了巨额财富。
中国资深法学专家赵远明:“尤其他儿子在经济领域上窜下跳,然后打着周永康的旗号,然后做很多违法的事情,当然现在很多罪行都没有暴露出来,可能中央已经掌握了。周永康倒台,进一步他们这些罪行也要暴露出来。”
早在周永康的政治盟友、前重庆市委书记薄熙来被免职后,外媒已大肆揭露,周永康长期与薄熙来存在利益交换关系,周滨借此积聚了200亿人民币的财富,周滨仅在重庆取得的近400亿人民币的工程项目中,就有100亿中饱私囊。
报导说,周滨在北京一地就有18处房产,其中一处豪宅,还未装修就价值高达2亿人民币,周滨还曾大力促成了中石油系统、重庆和四川众多官员的升迁,同时还介入司法案件收取钱财。
在最高法院有据可查的案子中,一名警察用开水活活烫死嫌犯,周滨在拿到一亿元好处费后,摆平了这事﹔周滨还被曝光涉嫌受贿2,000万人民币,从狱中捞出涉嫌杀人、开膛剖心的甘肃二号黑帮头目。
7月30号,美国媒体《纽约时报》引述消息说,周滨一直是中共调查周永康案的中心人物,最近周滨向中共领导人交待了对周永康不利的直接证据,新证据加强了中共高层之间的共识,所以决定公开宣布对周永康的调查。
旅美原大陆历史学教授刘因全表示,相信周滨多年来的巨额贪腐、为非作歹都是在周永康的庇护和纵容下所为。
旅美原大陆历史学教授刘因全:“周永康一天到晚忙着花天酒地,到处视查,到处去搞女人,他也没有太多时间去做一些具体的事情,也就是说好多官员送礼,行贿包括他贪腐,我相信好多事情都是他的儿子,他的太太去具体操办。”
香港媒体曾经报导,周永康妻子贾晓烨在《央视》做编辑时,曾通过帮别人升官捞取惊人的巨额钱财。而薄熙来曾以天价珠宝贿赂贾晓烨。已经被捕的周永康亲信郑少东在广东时,为了升迁,曾送给贾晓烨数以亿计贿款。
《财新网》报导,贾晓烨的妹妹贾晓霞凭借周永康的关系,长期担任中石油加拿大分公司总经理职务,聚敛巨额财产﹔周永康在老家的兄弟,以及他兄弟的妻儿,都倚仗周永康的权势作威作福,聚敛巨额不义之财。
在此之前,《路透社》也曾报导,检察院和中纪委在北京、上海等5个省市搜查多个地点,查封了周永康家族高达上千亿的财产,扣查或审讯了300多名周永康的亲属、亲信、政治盟友等人。
据了解,周永康的十多名亲人也被拘押,包括:贾晓烨、周滨夫妇、周永康的兄弟全家,以及周滨的岳父等。
采访编辑/李韵 后制/钟元
Zhou Yongkang’s Case Goes Public with Evidence from Son
Zhou Yongkang, former security czar and retired senior
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader,
is now under investigation and prosecution.
Reports have confirmed that the Yichang city procuratorate
in Hubei province has also arrested Zhou’s son, Zhou Bin,
on charges of involvement in illegal business operations.
According to sources quoted by U.S.-based media,
Zhou Bin recently submitted evidence against his father,
and thus, only until now has the CCP decided to announce
the investigation and prosecution of Zhou Yongkang.
On the evening of July 29, the CCP officially announced
the investigation and prosecution of Zhou Yongkang,
ex-member of the Politburo Standing Committee.
Mainland China-based business magazine Caijing cited
information from authoritative sources confirming that
Zhou’s son, Zhou Bin, has been charged with operating illegal
businesses and has been arrested by the procuratorate
in Yicheng city, Hubei province.
According to reports, 42-year-old Zhou Bin has relied on his
father’s massive political influence, and over a few decades,
built a vast yet secretive business and political empire
in Wuxi city of Jiangsu province.
Its boundaries stretch from Beijing to Szechuan,
and even extend abroad.
Zhou Bin’s business involves industries such as utilities, oil,
travel and investment.
It’s supported by Zhong Xu Network, an enterprise run
by Sichuan businessman Wu Bing, and other oil enterprises.
The net worth of this business empire is worth billions.
China-based senior law professor, Zhao Yuanming, says that,
based on previous reports, Zhou Yikang isn’t the only one
who benefited from his immense greed.
His family and friends have also amassed immense wealth
under his political shelter.
Zhao Yuanming: “His son is very active in the financial world.
He did a lot of illegal things under Zhou Yongkang’s banner.
Of course, many of his crimes have not been exposed,
but it’s likely that the authorities already know about them.
When Zhou Yongkang falls, their crimes will be revealed
to the world."
Back when Bo Xilai, former Party secretary Chongqing and
Zhou Yangkang’s political ally, was dismissed from his post,
Zhou’s symbiotic economic relationship with Bo
had already been exposed by foreign news media.
Zhou Bin made massive profits of over $3.2 billion
from this relationship.
In a $6.5 billion construction project in Chongqing,
Zhou Bin pocketed $1.6 billion.
According to reports,
Zhou Bin has 18 real estate properties in Beijing alone.
One of them is a mansion worth
$32.4 million even before renovations.
Zhou Bin has also actively procured the promotion and
relocation of various officials in PetroChina networks,
Chongqing and Sichuan.
He was also involved in the administration of justice and
criminal prosecutions where he collected bribes.
In a documented case from the China’s Supreme Court,
a police officer scalded a suspect to death with boiling water.
Zhou Bin settled this case after receiving a $16.2 million bribe.
Zhou Bin was also revealed to have released a gang leader
in Gansu who was suspected of murder.
For this, he received a bribe of $3.2 million.
On July 30, The New York Times cited a source who said that
Zhou Bin has always been the central target in the CCP’s
investigation of Zhou Yongkang.
Recently, Zhou Bin submitted direct evidence
against Zhou Yongkang to CCP leaders.
The new evidence has strengthened the consensus among the
CCP’s central leadership who have thus decided to officially
announce the investigation on Zhou Yongkang.
Former Chinese history professor, Liu Yinquan, says that
Zhou Bin’s corruption and lawlessness all these years was all
done under Zhou Yongkang’s protection and indulgence.
Liu Yinquan: “Zhou Yongkang busies himself with wine and
pleasures for days on end.
He visits everywhere, and womanizes wherever he goes.
Therefore, he does not have much time to commit
to a certain task.
I believe that it is his son and his wife who do all the work,
such as receiving gifts from officials and taking bribes."
Hong Kong media have reported that when Zhou Yongkang’s
wife Jia Xiaoye was an editor at China Central TV, she once
received a large sum of money for someone’s promotion.
Bo Xilai has also bribed her before with expensive jewelry.
Zhou Yongkang’s trusted aid, ex-official Zheng Shaodong
also gave Jia hundreds of millions in bribes
for his promotion in Guangdong.
Chinese news website Caixin reports that Jia Xiaoye’s sister
Jia Xiaoxia relied on her relationship with Zhou Yongkang
and became the long standing chief manager of PetroChina’s
Canadian branch, amassing enormous wealth.
Zhou Yongkang’s brothers and their families in his hometown
have all tapped into Zhou Yongkang’s massive influence
to make huge amounts of money from corruption.
Previously, Reuters reported that the procuratorate and the
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection searched and
investigated various places in five provincial cities including
Beijing and Shanghai and seized up to $14.5 billion worth
in assets belonging to Zhou’s family and associates.
They have also detained or questioned over 300 relatives,
confidantes, staff and political allies of Zhou Yongkang.
Reuters’ sources say that more than ten of Zhou Yongkang’s
family members have also been detained.
They include his wife Jia Xiaoye, Zhou Bin and his wife,
Zhou Yongkang’s brothers with their entire families
and Zhou Bin’s father in law.
Interview/LiYun Post-Production/ZhongYuan