former national security chief zhou yongkang was bo xilai , the top official jailed two years ago over the murder of briton neil heywood - is accused of corruption and leaking of state secrets that he is likely to be found guilty , and could be executed .
the all-powerful chinese communist party has always been reluctant to any high level wrongdoing , despite growing murmurs that the greed of officials has been running out of control while the economy has been ballooning in size .