Chinese legislators have been stripped disgraced politician, his last official position, Bo Xilai, formally expelled him from the country's top legislature, and settled criminal proceedings a rising political star.
Although the main form, because Bo was clear to the Communist Party from late last month, he was expelled from the U.S. Congress on Friday to remove his immunity from prosecution. Setting the stage of criminal cases involving corruption and other misconduct, including allegations involved in the cover up of the murder of British businessman. Last month convicted of the murder of the wife of Bo and a family assistant.
Moving rapidly, Senior Prosecutor's Office announced, Bo has been placed on the investigation of alleged crimes, it is not specified. Said in a brief statement, the agency has imposed on him "coercive measures", usually is a euphemism for jail.
Chinese leaders are keen to resolve the most damaging to the party's decades of public scandal, they are ready to be held next month in a decade of power transition. They were handed over to the next generation of leaders, they will be responsible for enhanced public support for official corruption and bartering universal disgust face.
They may even have to push through on November 8th, before the opening of the trial, the party's 17, but some experts say, may not have enough time. The experts of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Chinese leadership in the leader still need to severely punish Bo, including his colleagues in the trial, and to ensure that the court, the defendant still adhering to reach a consensus, said Ding Xueliang, technology.
"He said," This is indeed a very muddy.
Officially Xi Nante largest city in Chongqing as the most powerful, Bo is considered a strong candidate for the seat of the party's Politburo Standing Committee, he overthrew Buds infighting supremacy of the party's ranks.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress approved the decision to delete Bo deputy, but did not provide any details.
Bo the fall has been spectacular: his wife, Gu wipe Rae, was convicted of the murder of British businessman Neil Haywood, Bo front right side of the man accused of taking bribes, the crime of abuse of power and trying to defected to the United States in other crimes.
Even before this, Bo Xilai in Beijing with his populist style, overthrew the dictatorship of the party's requirements for those seeking higher office was just following orders from Beijing's image and keep a low profile angered many. Bo measures, including thorough the fight against organized crime and the movement to restore the songs and culture of the Mao Zedong era, the excesses of the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976 to remind many.
Bo's leadership to the expulsion of the unity between the exit of his new Maoist leaders reject the incoming slate approach is conducive to cement the impression of stability, political experts say, the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, Feng Chongyi.
"In this way, this is very positive, but not enough to come to this conclusion: the party will become more relaxed," Feng said.
Chinese authorities have not yet announced specific allegations Bo, but to expel him in the Sept. 28, accused of his crimes for 20 years, ranging from accepting bribes, abuse of power unknown number of women having an illicit relationship. He has not appeared in public since mid-March, is considered to be detained in a prison in Beijing.
Beijing lawyer Li Xiaolin said on Thursday that his soup and Shen defend Bo, Bo wife's family has hired two lawyers, authorities have not yet officially recognized, on his behalf.
Bo downfall, his former police chief and a close friend of Wang Mile Jun fled the U.S. consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, where he diplomats Haywood's death, previously known as the unexpected details revealed. Month later, Bo Xilai, Chongqing's Communist Party secretary and suspension of the 25 members of the Politburo were dismissed.
The scandal has raised talk of political struggle involving Bo supporters called on Vice President Xi Jinping to lead the party in the next decade, as well as concern about corruption by top politicians derailment succession plan intent.
A lengthy New York Times published Friday, said Premier Wen Jiabao's family has accumulated assets worth $ 2.7 billion, through network investment, most of which is accumulated after, in 2002, he rose to the high office. Chinese Internet quickly to prevent the Chinese-language website of the "New York Times", a translated version of the story, although the technical knowledge of the Internet, users can still access it by penetrating the firewall.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters at a news conference, said the report "will give the Chinese people with ulterior motives." He declined to elaborate Although some follow-up questions.
Although Wen Jiabao is expected to leave his post in the spring, concerned with improving the human life of the ordinary Chinese people as a politician, his reputation is a blow.
In another example of the lack of transparency, the Washington think tank the Brookings Institution (Brookings Institution), a report released Thursday that Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang's brother had been a senior official of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, in charge even public health policy.
The agency's specifications and run China National Tobacco Corporation, is the world's largest cigarette maker and the cigarette tax is an important source of government revenue.
Lee is expected to be promoted to the Prime Minister's leadership change, the report showed that the brothers, Li Keming, should be reallocated.
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