Chinese court accepts Bo Xilai's plea for appeal

October 09, 2013 16:02

A Chinese court today accepted an appeal by disgraced Communist Party leader Bo Xilai,who was sentenced to life for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power, giving him the last chance to clear his name.

Bo, 64, shouted "unfair" when the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in east China's Shandong Province in September sentenced him to life in jail. He submitted an appeal to the Shandong Higher People's Court which accepted his plea.

"This court, upon investigation, decided in accordance with the law to accept," the court said in a statement, without mentioning any specific date.

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