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China: Gu Kailai Said to Have Named Zhou Yongkang as Coup Mastermind(purge escalates)
NDTV ^ | 04/13/12

Posted on 04/15/2012 5:08:28 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Gu Kailai Said to Have Named Zhou Yongkang as Coup Mastermind

Gu Kailai, the wife of an ousted Chinese politician, may have given evidence against her husband's ally in order to save herself from the death penalty.

Gu was arrested on April 10—the same day her husband Bo Xilai was sacked as Chongqing's Communist Party Secretary. Gu is likely to be convicted for the murder of British citizen and family friend Neil Heywood.

According to online news service Boxun, an anonymous source on Thursday said that Gu Kailai exposed a plot between Zhou Yongkang and Bo Xilai to stage a coup against upcoming leader Xi Jinping. Gu apparently named Zhou as the mastermind behind the coup, calling him the "bad egg" in the Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee.

We have not yet been able to independently verify the report from Boxun. But Political analyst He Anquan believes it's likely that Gu Kailai did turn in evidence against Zhou Yongkang—because that's commonplace among communist officials trying to save themselves.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.ntdtv.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boxilai; china; gukalai; zhouyongkang
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To: TigerLikesRooster

A bump to the top, and thanks again for staying on top of this for us.


21 posted on 04/16/2012 5:41:58 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Bump for updates.
Any thing new?


22 posted on 04/16/2012 6:48:54 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Napoleon will now blame Snowball for everything.


23 posted on 04/16/2012 6:57:00 PM PDT by Rocky (REPEAL IT!)
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