RSS Feed
July 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The younger Bo recently graduated from Harvard.
The Foreign Office said in a statement: “The details of the ongoing
investigation are a matter for the Chinese authorities.
“However we are glad to see that the Chinese authorities are continuing with
the investigation into the death of Neil Heywood. We are dedicated to
seeking justice for him and his family and we will be following developments
closely,”
Heywood’s death in a Chinese hotel room last November was initially blamed on
excessive alcohol consumption.
Gu and Zhang have been interrogated and will be tried at a court in the
eastern Chinese city of Hefei “on a day to be decided”, Xinhua
said, adding that their families had been informed.
If convicted, Gu faces the death penalty, although this is often commuted in
the case of high-profile defendants.
The scandal, which first came to light in February, has sent shockwaves
through the highest echelons of power in China and led to Bo being sacked
from his post as Communist Party leader of the megacity of Chongqing.
Analysts say it has exposed deep divisions within the Communist Party ahead of
a crucial, once-in-a-decade leadership transition due to take place at a
party congress this autumn.
Li Datong, a former editor at the state-run China Youth Daily who was removed
for reporting on sensitive issues, said China’s leaders would be keen to
settle the case before then.
“The whole thing should be handled before the 18th Party Congress.
Everything has to be resolved – Bo Xilai, Gu Kailai, everything,” he
said.
“They cannot leave this problem for the next leadership. It has to be
handled now.”
Li said the case had only come out into the open as it did because Wang Lijun,
a senior official in Chongqing, had gone to a US consulate in southern China
to express his suspicions about Bo and his family.
“No one would have known of this case without Wang Lijun. The people
would not know, the party would not know. This is why it exploded,” he
said.
“This time (the Party) was unable to cover it up. It was too big for them
to cover up.”
Bo, the son of a revered Communist revolutionary, had earned a national
profile with a draconian crackdown on criminal elements in Chongqing and a “red
revival” campaign marked by the mass singing of old Maoist-era songs.
Many analysts saw the moves as a bid for entry to China’s inner circle.
But the rapid unravelling of his fortunes has exposed a harsh factional
reaction against the charismatic and ambitious leader, and the affair has
been seen as a huge embarrassment for the party.
He is thought to be under house arrest and is being investigated for
corruption. He has been stripped of his senior positions with the ruling
Communist Party, although he remains a member.
Thursday’s announcement came a little over a week after Patrick Devillers, a
French architect said to have been close to Gu, travelled to China to assist
in the official inquiry.
Devillers, 52, is understood to have been a business associate and friend of
Bo and his wife, although his exact role is unclear.
He is believed to have first crossed paths with the couple in the 1990s, when
Bo hired him to do some architectural work in the Chinese city of Dalian.
He was detained in Phnom Penh, where he had been living, on June 13 at
Beijing’s request and boarded a flight to China after he was released by
Cambodian authorities.
Cambodian officials and the French foreign ministry have stressed it was
Devillers’ own choice to help Beijing with its investigation. China has so
far made no comment.
Posted in 
Tags: 
