Scandal that rocked China: Gu Kailai's murder trial begins

August 09, 2012 11:41

In more world news, disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai's wife, accused of murdering a British businessman, went on trial today in a high-profile case following a major political scandal that rocked the ruling CPC and cost her husband his job.

Bo's wife Gu Kailai, herself a former top lawyer, and her orderly Zhang Xiaojun were charged with the murder of British businessman and family friend Neil Heywood, who was poisoned to death in November last year. The murder trial is being held in Hefei city, even though Heywood's murder took place at Chongqing, to avoid any reprisals as Bo, 63, ruled the city when he was the head of the Communist Party of China's local unit and had built his support base.

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