Neil Heywood, the British businessman killed in China by Bo Xilai’s wife, had been providing information to the British secret service, the Wall Street Journal newspaper claims. Neil Heywood had been communicating with an MI6 officer about top politician Bo Xilai for at least a year before he died, the paper said. The UK Foreign [...]
Wang Xuemei, a prominent Chinese forensic scientist, has cast doubt on the official version of the death of British businessman Neil Heywood, which triggered a huge political scandal in China. Wang Xuemei said there was little evidence Neil Heywood died from cyanide poisoning. Neil Heywood was found dead in a hotel room in November 2011. [...]
China’s state-run news agency has linked fallen politician Bo Xilai to a criminal act for the first time, alleging he knew his wife Gu Kailai was suspected of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. Xinhua quoted witnesses at the trial of his former right-hand man, Wang Lijun, suggesting that Wang had tried to tell Bo Xilai about [...]
When Gu Kailai was given a suspended death sentence for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, speculation began that the woman in court was a body double. So what do these kinds of suspicions tell us about modern China? As soon as footage of Gu Kailai appeared in the official report of the trial, [...]
Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has been given a suspended death sentence for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Gu Kailai did not contest charges at her one-day trial that she poisoned Neil Heywood in November 2011. Suspended death sentences are usually commuted to life imprisonment in China. Bo Xilai, [...]
The verdict in the murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of former politician Bo Xilai, will be delivered on Monday, Chinese officials say. Gu Kailai was tried for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood in Hefei city, Anhui province, on 9 August. A court official told reporters Gu Kailai had not contested allegations that [...]
Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced top politician Bo Xilai, has admitted murdering British businessman Neil Heywood and blamed her actions on a mental breakdown, Chinese state media report. The Xinhua news agency reports Gu Kailai has apologized for the “tragedy”. She said she would “accept and calmly face any sentence”, the agency added. Gu Kailai [...]
The trial of Bo Xilai’s wife, Gu Kailai, for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood has ended in the Chinese city of Hefei, after one day. A court official told reporters Gu Kailai had not contested the charge that she killed Neil Heywood by poisoning in 2011. The date of the verdict would be [...]
New sources have come forward to corroborate claims that Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai, once had an affair with Neil Heywood, the British businessman she is accused of murdering, before their relationship soured and Gu became “mentally unstable.” Gu Kailai, who formerly had a high-flying career as a [...]
Gu Kailai, wife of former high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has gone on trial charged with murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. Gu Kailai is accused of poisoning Neil Heywood in 2011 in Chongqing, where her husband was the Communist party head. State media has called the case against her and an aide “substantial”. The country [...]
Gu Kailai, wife of controversial Chinese politician Bo Xilai, will go on trial for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood next Thursday. Prosecutors announced last week that Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun, employed at Bo Xilai’s home, had been charged with intentional homicide. Neil Heywood was found dead in a hotel in Chongqing on [...]
Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai, has been charged with murder, state news agency Xinhua has reported. Gu Kailai and Zhang Xiaojun, employed at Bo Xilai’s home, were “recently” prosecuted by a Chinese court, Xinhua said, without giving further details. She has been questioned over the suspected murder of British [...]
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