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1. News - China - CRIME

   Bo Xilai soon to face trial in HK$30m graft case

   Posted Jul 24th 2013, 12:00am by Keith Zhai, CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... Keith Zhai and Choi Chi-yuk Briefings detail charges of bribery, abuse of power and embezzlement against ex-Chongqing party chief, with public hearing in Shandong Bo to face trial soon in HK$30m graft case Disgraced Politburo member Bo Xilai will soon face public trial in Shandong on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The news was revealed by sources ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1289489/bo-face-trial-soon-hk30m-graft-case
2. News - China - CORRUPTION

   Struck-off lawyer expects 'light' sentence for Bo Xilai

   Posted Jul 18th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... Detained former Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai may face trial in September and possibly receive lenient punishment, says a former Beijing-based lawyer who made his name defending an alleged triad boss in the southwestern municipality during Bo's heyday. "He will probably get a light sentence," Li Zhuang said in Hong Kong yesterday when asked to comment ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1284934/struck-lawyer-expects-light-sentence-bo-xilai
3. News - China - POLITICS

   Bo to face 'public' trial, but not before March, mainland paper says

   Posted Jan 29th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... online report by Ta Kung Pao , a Beijing-loyalist newspaper based in Hong Kong, that Bo would stand trial in Guizhou's provincial capital. Jiang Hao , a vice-president of the court ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1138242/bo-face-public-trial-not-march-mainland-paper-says
4. News - China - SCANDAL

   Bo Xilai's former right-hand man Wang Lijun goes on trial

   Posted Sep 18th 2012, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... his duty and bent the law for personal gain" to cover up for Gu. Additional reporting by Associated Press Bo Xilai's former right-hand man goes on trial ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1039376/bo-xilais-former-right-hand-man-wang-lijun-goes-trial
5. News - China

   Four jailed ex-police officers waive right to appeal in Heywood murder

   Posted Aug 21st 2012, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... allies of Wang Lijun , Chongqing's former police chief and a former right-hand man of Bo Xilai. Wang Lijun's attempt to defect to the United States consulate in February triggered ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1019580/four-jailed-ex-police-officers-waive-right-appeal-heywood-murder
6. News - China - JUSTICE

   Dumplings, workouts: Jailed ex-police chief Wang Lijun's 'comfortable' prison life

   Posted Mar 29th 2013, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... . The source added that Wang worked out regularly. The right-hand man of former Chongqing Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai , Wang fell out with his boss for reporting early last year that Bo's wife, Gu Kailai , was a suspect in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Fearing persecution by Bo, Wang fled to Chengdu, the capital of neighbouring Sichuan province, and sought ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1202228/jailed-former-chongqing-police-chief-wang-lijun-settles-prison-life
7. News - China - CHONGQING SCANDAL

   Questions over fate of Bo Xilai after jailing of ex-police chief Wang Lijun

   Posted Sep 25th 2012, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao, CHOI CHI-YUK

   ... to former Chongqing police chief Wang Lijun did little to shed light on the fate of his boss, disgraced Politburo member Bo Xilai . Analysts said the lenient sentence for the former anti-triad hero, who was once Bo's right-hand man, was part of a political deal aimed at putting an end to the Bo scandal ahead of the party's leadership succession. But they disagreed sharply ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1046428/questions-over-fate-bo-xilai-after-jailing-ex-police-chief-wang-lijun
8. News - China - CHONGQING SCANDAL

   Bo Xilai's police chief Wang Lijun likely to be shown mercy by court

   Posted Sep 19th 2012, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK, Keith Zhai

   ... Report says Wang Lijun exposed vital clues in re-investigation of British businessman's murder by Bo's wife Gu Kailai as his two-day trial ends Ex-Chongqing police chief Wang ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1040224/bo-xilais-police-chief-wang-lijun-likely-be-shown-mercy-court
9. News - China - CHONGQING SCANDAL

   Bo's former police chief facing four charges

   Posted Sep 06th 2012, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK, Keith Zhai

   ... against Wang, the former top aide of disgraced Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai , and his upcoming trial signal the Communist Party leadership intends to wrap up the scandal before its leadership transition. Gu Kailai , Bo's wife, was given a suspended death sentence last month for murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. The scandal has rocked the party and once threatened to derail ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1030347/bos-former-police-chief-facing-four-charges
10. News - China - POLITICS

    Cadres praise Zhang Dejiang's short stint as party chief in Chongqing

    Posted Nov 22nd 2012, 12:00am by CHOI CHI-YUK

    ... Standing Committee. Zhang took control in Chongqing on March 14, the same day its previous leader, Bo Xilai, was removed amid a political scandal. Bo, a populist "princeling", had wielded ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1087803/cadres-praise-zhang-dejiangs-short-stint-party-chief-chongqing

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