{"id":13882,"date":"2012-08-18T20:08:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T20:08:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-08-18T20:08:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T20:08:33","slug":"Chinese-politician-s-wife-due-to-hear-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13882","title":{"rendered":"Chinese politician’s wife due to hear verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"

The conclusion of Gu Kailai’s trial will be a step toward closing a scandal that has rocked the Chinese leadership at a sensitive time when it is preparing to hand over power to younger leaders.<\/strong> But even after the verdict is announced, questions will remain over the fate of her husband, Bo Xilai, a prominent figure who was dismissed in March as party secretary of the major city of Chongqing.<\/p>\n

Gu is accused of killing Briton Neil Heywood, a former Bo family associate.<\/strong> State media say the two had a dispute over money and Heywood allegedly threatened her son. A family aide has been charged as an accessory.<\/p>\n

State media say Gu confessed to intentional homicide, for which the penalty ranges from 10 years in prison to death.<\/strong> One option is a suspended death sentence that can be commuted later to a long prison term.<\/p>\n

Chinese courts regularly impose death sentences for murder, rape and some nonviolent crimes.<\/p>\n

Any ruling will be politically delicate, and Chinese leaders might have decided to impose a lengthy prison term instead of death for fear that a more severe penalty might stir outrage or make Gu look like a scapegoat for her husband’s misdeeds, political and legal analysts say.<\/strong> The party says Bo was removed due to unspecified violations.<\/p>\n

via Associated Press<\/a><\/em>
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