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   Claiming set-up by Bo Xilai, lawyer Li Zhuang seeks review on conviction

   Posted Nov 30th 2012, 12:00am by CHOI CHIYUK, Keith Zhai

   ... Former lawyer jailed for aiding crime boss during Bo Xilai's anti-triad campaign believes he will be cleared after meeting court officials Li Zhuang, a former lawyer who was jailed for fabricating evidence for a crime boss prosecuted during disgraced former Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai's anti-triad campaign, said yesterday after a meeting with senior court officials that he ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1094173/li-zhuang-seeks-review-conviction
2. Triad-smashing Chongqing boss put on the spot

   Posted Mar 07th 2010, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... Whether he likes it or not, Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai is in the spotlight during the parliamentary session in Beijing. Thanks to his crackdown on triads, Bo, as the son of one of the party 'immortals', Bo Yibo, got great attention on the sidelines of the National People's Congress. Some 200 reporters flocked to the Great Hall of the People for the rare chance ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/707880/triad-smashing-chongqing-boss-put-spot
3. All or nothing as Bo plays game of personality politics

   Posted Apr 11th 2010, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... be said that Mao Zedong used political charisma to appeal to the Red Guards in 1966, 'but Mao's charisma and Bo Xilai's charisma are very different'. Brown said charismatic ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/711146/all-or-nothing-bo-plays-game-personality-politics
4. Chongqing blitz on triad crime ends with 3,348 snared

   Posted Mar 02nd 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... of the campaign and beginning of preparations for what to do next. Expressing his gratitude to the 'heroes', Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai said that up to 14 major triad groups had been smashed, clearing the way for better development of the municipality. However, some observers have criticised Bo for seeking fame and political advancement at the expense of the rule of law ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/707354/chongqing-blitz-triad-crime-ends-3348-snared
5. Chongqing party chief defends crackdown

   Posted Aug 13th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... into hiding, he would get in touch every two days as a safety measure. Since a one-hour phone call on Saturday, he had not called, the friend said. Zhu's state of incommunicado and Bo ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/722005/chongqing-party-chief-defends-crackdown
6. Verdict soon on Wen Qiang but penalty unlikely to be maximum

   Posted Mar 12th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... people, was so plagued by organised crime for years that new Communist Party chief Bo Xilai launched a massive crackdown in June. Since the crackdown, hundreds of people, besides the 87 officials, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/708353/verdict-soon-wen-qiang-penalty-unlikely-be-maximum
7. Ex-security official will face slew of graft charges today in Chongqing

   Posted Feb 02nd 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... penalty in the crackdown. The municipality had been plagued by organised crime for years until new party chief Bo Xilai launched the crackdown in July. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/705188/ex-security-official-will-face-slew-graft-charges-today-chongqing
8. Gang boss and his aide executed in Chongqing

   Posted Jan 20th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... and Wang Xingping - two top crime syndicate figures detained in Chongqing before the crackdown was launched in June - were executed late last year. The high-profile triad crackdown waged by Bo Xilai, Chongqing's municipal party secretary, has won applause across the mainland, especially from internet users, despite widespread criticism of a lack of transparency in the process. One ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/704181/gang-boss-and-his-aide-executed-chongqing
9. The 'hotpot' culture that gives Chongqing its murky image

   Posted Apr 11th 2010, 12:00am by Paul Moon, Paul Mooney

   ... word for underworld crime, black societies. Talk to the average person in Chongqing and the response is unanimous. 'Chongqing is a lot safer since Bo Xilai came,' Liu Ying, a medical ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/711145/hotpot-culture-gives-chongqing-its-murky-image
10. Ex-police chief's plea against death sentence rejected

    Posted May 22nd 2010, 12:00am by Raymond Li

    ... year. She admitted her close relationship with Wen when under investigation. The clampdown on gang operations and official graft in Chongqing was launched last year by municipal party chief Bo Xilai, with some saying it was an attempt to raise his profile ahead of a sweeping overhaul of the mainland's top leadership in two years. A 37-year-old man, Zhou Tao , was detained after he ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/715003/ex-police-chiefs-plea-against-death-sentence-rejected

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