The secretive Qincheng prison is located on Beijing’s northern outskirts at the foot of the Yan mountains. Photo: Simon Song The secretive Qincheng prison is located on Beijing’s northern outskirts at the foot of the Yan mountains. Photo: Simon Song
The secretive Qincheng prison is located on Beijing’s northern outskirts at the foot of the Yan mountains. Photo: Simon Song
Bo Xilai
China /  Politics

exclusive | Xi Jinping’s anti-graft drive has caught so many officials that Beijing’s elite prison is running out of cells 

Overcrowding has prompted Qincheng prison – where former high-ranking officials are jailed – to pull the plug on Lunar New Year visits, source says 

Topic |   Bo Xilai
Choi Chi-yuk
Choi Chi-yuk

Updated: 9:37am, 8 Oct, 2018

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The secretive Qincheng prison is located on Beijing’s northern outskirts at the foot of the Yan mountains. Photo: Simon Song The secretive Qincheng prison is located on Beijing’s northern outskirts at the foot of the Yan mountains. Photo: Simon Song
The secretive Qincheng prison is located on Beijing’s northern outskirts at the foot of the Yan mountains. Photo: Simon Song
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