China's Bo Xilai accused of USD 4 mln graft: media

July 31, 2013 01:12

Corruption charges against disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai will date back to an earlier stage of his career, media reported today -- a narrow focus that could help contain political fallout from the case.

The downfall of Bo -- who ran the megacity of Chongqing and sat on the ruling Communist party's 25-member Politburo -- marked China's biggest political scandal in decades.

His glittering career came crashing down amid allegations that his wife -- later convicted of murder -- was involved in the death of a British businessman and he had sought to block the police investigation.

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