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To: Califreak

And what did Bo get for outing this corruption?

Bo was considered a likely candidate for promotion to the elite Politburo Standing Committee in 18th Party Congress in 2012. His political fortunes came to an abrupt end following the Wang Lijun incident, in which his top lieutenant and police chief sought asylum at the American consulate in Chengdu. Wang claimed to have information about the involvement of Bo Xilai and his wife Gu Kailai in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, who allegedly had close financial ties to the two.

In the fallout, Bo was removed as the party chief of Chongqing and lost his seat on the Politburo. He was later stripped of all his positions and lost his seat at the National People’s Congress, and was eventually expelled from the party. In 2013, Bo was found guilty of corruption, stripped of all his assets, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is incarcerated at Qincheng Prison.


854 posted on 11/29/2018 12:33:09 PM PST by reed13k
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To: reed13k

Looks like Bo was as corrupt as the gangs were, doesn’t it?

The connection I was trying to make was the corruption over there kind of mirrors the corruption here.

Many people in government involved. Top party officials.


904 posted on 11/29/2018 2:26:50 PM PST by Califreak (Take Me Back To Constantinople)
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