Former security chief had a negative influence on the legal system, annual conference told

The annual central conference on political and legal work expressed the authority's determination on Wednesday to clean up the negative influence on the legal system from corrupt former security head Zhou Yongkang.

"Zhou, who blatantly traded power for money and sex, has caused severe harm to the Party and the people, left a bad influence within the system and led a number of officials astray," said Meng Jianzhu, head of the Communist Party of China Central Committee's Commission for Political and Legal Affairs.