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Bo Xilai Formally Expelled from Communist Party
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 2:22
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Disgraced Chinese official Bo Xilai has been officially expelled from the Communist Party. The Chinese regime announced the decision following the 7th Plenary Session of the Party's 17th Central Committee that ended on Sunday. Bo's is now open to criminal prosecution. The Party's internal disciplinary body submitted a report of its investigations into Bo to the Central Committee. State-run Xinhua News Agency reports that the Committee has reviewed and approved that report. Xinhua says Bo violated Party discipline in each of his official positions, starting from when he was the Mayor of Dalian in Liaoning Province during the 1990s. Sunday's announcement also accused Bo of using his position to seek profits, and receiving “huge bribes” personally, or through his family. Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, has been named as misusing Bo's position. Other unnamed family members allegedly accepted large amounts of money and property from others. The Chinese regime announced Bo would be stripped of his Party membership on September 28. Bo has not been heard from since March, after he was sacked as Chongqing's Party Secretary. Bo Xilai was tipped to enter the Politburo Standing Committee—the Party's top ruling circle—during this year's power transition. His political career tumbled after his former police chief Wang Lijun fled to a US consulate in February. Wang reportedly brought with him incriminating evidence against Bo, including information about Bo's role in the persecution of the Falun …
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