【新唐人2013年11月21日讯】在中共十八届三中全会召开前的很长一段时间里，国外媒体曾一度热炒﹕中共领导人习近平将“拿下”前政治局常委周永康，后来甚至连大陆媒体都跟风热炒，但在三中全会前一切戛然而止。如今三中全会已过，与周有关的四川商人、及所谓“石油帮”又开始被抓捕。“拿下周永康”再度成为各界议论的重点话题之一。
中共十八届三中全会刚一结束，中共党媒《新华网》就登出，四川“成都高新投资集团”董事长平兴涉嫌犯罪，已被移送司法机关处理。
“成都高投”总资产规模约330亿元人民币，资本金约110亿元。
2003年3月，平兴在继续担任成都高新区管委会领导的情况下，同时出任了“成都高投”总经理。到去年（2012年），“成都高投”注册资金从3亿元迅速增长到110亿元，绝大部分来自于成都市政府的财政拨款。外界认为，这都与历任成都市长、市委书记李春城有关系。
另外，从“成都高投”的投资状况分析发现，公司与正被调查的女富豪——“国腾实业集团”董事长何燕有关联。有知情人士指称，何燕与已落马的四川省原副省长，省文联主席郭永祥过从甚密。
在此之前，已有9名四川籍商界人士被查，都与李春城和郭永祥案有关。
郭永祥曾长期出任周永康秘书，李春城也被认为与周永康关系密切。周永康曾担任四川省委书记。
不过，当局对“石油帮”的清理也在同时进行。除了“中石油”的前董事长蒋洁敏等一干人马被双规外，日前“中石油”印尼的总经理魏志刚，也被中纪委从家中带走。
知情人士表示，在魏志刚担任中石油印尼公司负责人期间，他最擅长的业务是在公海倒卖原油。他把国家高价收购的国际原油资源，低价卖给张宏伟控制下的“香港联合能源集团公司”，而周永康的儿子周斌、和“中石油”的新旧领导蒋洁敏、黄炎、张轰等，都从张宏伟那里获得巨额回扣。
香港《苹果日报》揭露，“中石油”前董事长蒋洁敏利用执掌中石油权力，在海外油田收购油田设备等方面采购，向“石油帮”帮主——周永康的家族输送利益，令周氏家族通过海外公司赚取上百亿美元，并将钜款洗到瑞士银行。
蒋洁敏还把价值3000亿的辽河油田，仅以1000万元贱卖给周永康儿子周斌。
香港的《太阳报》日前报导说，中共在过去的七、八个月时间里，双规了11名副省级或更上级高官、和上百名厅级高官。《太阳报》指出，根据党内斗争规律，这次反腐不会止于省级贪官，剑锋所指一定有“大人物”，某退休政治局常委已呼之欲出也。
中国问题独立评论员李善鉴表示，习近平收集了很多周永康腐败的证据，从经济上处理他已经足够了。
中国问题独立评论员李善鉴：“对他开始的指控应该还是用经济、贪污，用这个事情想去搞他。但是周永康他的最大罪行远远不是经济贪污的问题。”
去年王立军事件后，美国媒体曾指称，周永康和中共前重庆市委书记薄熙来密谋政变，并活摘法轮功学员器官。
事实上，周永康的主导的血腥暴力维稳，每年维稳经费已超过了军费，但官方与民众的冲突却也越演越烈。
山东盲人维权律师陈光诚日前在英国国会发表演讲时说，去年（ 2012年）中国维权抗暴事件加在一起共有24万起。
时事评论员蓝述：“在这种情况之下，他必须推出一些替罪羊。像周永康这种罪大恶极，双手沾满了人民鲜血，而且让所有人非常痛恨的这种人推出来，做替罪羊是最合适的了。”
中国问题独立评论员李善鉴指出，从另外一个角度来讲，历史留给习近平的时间不多了，他需要尽快做出抉择。那就是选择保中共还是保中国。
采访/陈汉 编辑/宋风 后制/周天
Sichuan Oil Gang Arrested – Is Zhou Yongkang Next?
Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader
Xi Jinping was rumored to sack former Politburo Standing
Committee member Zhou Yongkang, as reported by media
both at home and abroad.
Suddenly, with the opening of the Third Plenary Session,
all went silent.
Recently, the “sack Zhou Yongkang" has once again
surfaced due to the arrest of a Sichuan businessman,
and members of Zhou’s oil gang.
As the Third Plenum has just come to an end, the CCP
mouthpiece Xinhua reported that:
Sichuan Chengdu Hi-tech (CDHT) Investment Group
Chairman Ping Xing has been transferred to judicial organs
for alleged crimes.
The CDHT investment has total assets of about 33 billion
yuan and capital of about 11 billion.
March 2003, Ping Xing was appointed CDHT general manager
while he was also the Regulatory Commission leader of the
national high-tech industrial development zone in Chengdu.
Until last year, CDHT had increased its registered capital to
11 billion yuan from the original 300 million yuan.
The vast majority of this rapid growth came from Chengdu
government funding.
It is suspected to be related to Li Chuncheng, the Chengdu
Mayor as well as the party secretary of Chengdu.
CDHT investments were found to be closely related to
the Chairman of Guoteng Industrial Group, He Yan,
who is also being interrogated.
Informed sources have alleged that He Yan has a close
relationship with the already sacked former Vice Governor of
Sichuan Province, Guo Yongxiang.
Both Li Chuncheng and Guo Yongxiang have been alleged to
be involved in cases of nine other Sichuan businessmen.
Guo Yongxiang had long served as secretary for
Zhou Yongkang.
Li Chuncheng was also believed to be associated with
Zhou Yongkang, who was once the Party Secretary of Sichuan.
The authorities are also taking action on the oil gang.
The former Chairman of PetroChina, Jiang Jiemin,
has been arrested.
PetroChina’s Indonesian General Manager Wei Zhigang
was also taken away by the authorities.
Informed sources said that Wei Zhigang’s specialty as the
chief of PetroChina in Indonesia was to resell crude oil
on the high seas.
He sold the crude oil obtained through high-priced acquisition
at low price to Hong Kong United Energy Group Company
owner Zhang Hongwei,
who would in return pay huge kickbacks to Zhou Bin, the son
of Zhou Yongkang, and former and current PetroChina leaders
such as Jiang Jiemin, Huang Yan , Zhang Hong.
Hong Kong media Apple Daily revealed that Jiang Jiemin
manipulated his power in PetroChina
to transfer funds to Zhou Yongkang’s family members
billions of U.S. dollars through overseas oilfield equipment
purchases.
A large sum of money was kept in a Swiss bank.
Jiang Jiemin also sold the Liaohe Oilfield worth 300 billion
yuan at only 10 million yuan to Zhou Bin, Zhou Yongkang’s son.
Hong Kong newspaper, The Sun, recently reported that 11
sub-provincial or higher level officials,
and hundreds of department-level officials have been sacked
in the past 7 to 8 months.
It is reported that the CCP inner-party struggle will not stop
at the provincial level.
It seemed that a big shot, or a retired Politburo Standing
Committee member is being pointed at.
Commentator Li Shanjian believes Xi Jinping has collected
enough evidence on Zhou Yongkang’s alleged corruption cases.
Li Shanjian, commentator: “The allegations will focus on the
finances and corruption, even though Zhou Yongkang’s biggest
crime is far more than cases of corruption."
Last year, media at the U.S. have alleged Zhou Yongkang
and former Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai’s involvement
in the coup plot and live organ harvesting from Falun Gong
practitioners after the Wang Lijun incident.
In fact, Zhou Yongkang led the stability maintenance with
bloody violence, in which he spent more than the military
budget, and intensified the conflict between officialdom
and the general public.
In a speech at the British Parliament, the blind human rights
lawyer Chen Guangcheng indicated that last year there were
a total of 240,000 human rights defending riots in China.
Lan Su, commentator: “In these circumstances, there are
scapegoats needed.
A person like Zhou Yongkang who has committed so many
heinous crimes, whose hands are stained with the blood
of the people, and is hated by everyone,
is the most suitable scapegoat."
Commentator Li Shanjian explains that from another
perspective, history is leaving little time for Xi Jinping.
He needs to make a choice, as soon as possible,
between the CCP and China.
Interview/ChenHan Edit/SongFeng Post-Production/ZhouTian
