Yunnan open letter to Central Authority against Zhou Yongkang

According to report by Hong Kong media including SCMP, Radio Television Hong Kong and Singtao Daily, 16 elder Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members in Shaotong, Yunnan wrote an open letter to CCP Central Committee on May 4, calling for the removal of Zhou Yongkang from the Politburo Standing Committee and the Central Committee’s political and legislative affairs committee and investigation and punishment of him by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. They also request the removal of Liu Yunshan from his post as the Director of CCP Propaganda Department and prevention of Liu from being selected into the CCP Politburo Standing Committee as they believed that Liu advocated Mao Zedong Thought.

The letter condemns Zhou for supporting Bo Xilai and praising his Chongqing model which undermined judicial independence and justice, gave rise to lots of wronged and false cases and spread terror to the whole society. Together, the…