China disgraced senior politician Bo Xilai received bribes, abuse of power and corruption last Thursday, paving the way to see a lot of legal reform and commitment to the fight against corruption Xi as a test trial.
Bo, 64 years old, may appear in court within a few weeks, in the eastern part of Shandong Province, Jinan, stamped in the "Cultural Revolution" ended since the fall of the Gang of Four in 1976, the country's biggest political scandals. He did not appear in public for 17 months.
Xi, who is officially a power in March, will be eager to put Bo scandal behind him, and spare no effort to support the Communist Party for his ambitious world's second largest economy rebalancing departure and crack down corrupt officials.
But Bo, charm and well-loved leaders outcome of the trial some of the power-hungry politicians to others, you can sharpen cracks.
Bo committed serious crimes will be prosecuted on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power, the state news agency Xinhua News Agency quoted the indictment said. He learns that his legal rights, and accept the prosecutors said.
Xinhua News Agency reported that Bo, as a civil servant, to take advantage of his position to seek profit for others and the acceptance of the "very large amount" of money and property.
Bo in the dock will be the sight of many liberals cheered, worried that he often returned to China to Mao Zedong's paean to the dark days of the Cultural Revolution, but obstruct the left and supporters of his fight against crime, suspected a conspiracy behind his downfall.
Bo must be found guilty. Gu wipe leprosy, his wife, and his former police chief Wang Lijun, have been detained over the scandal, from the British businessman Neil Heywood murder.
In September last year, accusing the government of corruption and perverting the law Bo Boo murder.
Chinese procuratorial organs and the courts are under the control of the Communist Party, they are impossible to challenge the party's previous accusations.
"For a politically is this color, the possibility of a fair trial is very slim," said Chen Ziming, an independent political commentator in Beijing. "Basically, it has been from the above decision, the lower court simply follow the instructions to act."
But the Government seems worried about public reaction Bo and any consequences, Xinhua urged the people to support the Communist Party's decision.
"Tend to have problems after officials were uprooted, we saw how the media say they are dedicated to the people in their time in office wistfully looking back, the agency said:" In a review of Bo's allegations. "Success is a success, but the error is a mistake."
Xi Jinping, but there is no indication that any anxiety, appear this week in central Hubei Province, a tourism and leisure and relaxing.
Death is unlikely
Direct knowledge of the case with an insider said, Bo has frequently visited legal adviser may be able to have counsel of his choice.
Many analysts said it was unlikely he would accept the death penalty. They want to surrender to the court a stay of execution, which effectively means life in prison, although the term can be reduced to 15 or 20 years.
"It will be great controversy, if they executed him, it will be hard moving people forward Xi Jinping and unite the people and cool things inconsistent," Cohen, from New York University law professor, Chinese legal experts, said before the indictment .
However, Xi Jinping will have a difficult time to convince Bo accused persons is justified, thin Chi Yue said, Chinese politics professor at the National University of Singapore.
, "Bo said," All these costs are their excuse. "They apply to any person in the Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee, is no exception."
Prosecutor in Jinan Bo, Xinhua News Agency reported, this means that the trial will be held here.
Bo lawyers, Guifang and Wang with maple, no response asked to comment. Government and court officials in Jinan can not be reached.
About two dozen uniformed and plainclothes police officers hovered around the main court in Jinan, the door, but there is no indication that the trial was imminent.
Xinhua Bo's trial did not say when it will start. However, according to Chinese law, charges must be served on the defendant and his or her attorney at least 10 days before the trial begins.
Streets in Jinan, a little reaction, an upcoming trial.
"As an ordinary citizen, I very much hope that Bo Xilai will not be treated as a senior official, but as any other ordinary citizen who breaks the law, said:" Wang Song County, 34 year-old resident.
Testing Reform
Since becoming the boss of the Communist Party in November last year, in March President, Xi Jinping, an important objective of the fight against corruption and warned his government that the problem is so severe that it could threaten the party's survival.
Analysts said the trial will be how the new government will reflect the willingness to promote legal reforms.
"If the test is very rough, raised more questions than answers, legal reform and the party intends to give legal effect, it would be a bad signal," Bequelin, Human Rights Watch researcher Nicholas said.
"If someone tries in a very suspicious way, people will come to a conclusion, this is a political struggle, this person lost was sold."
After that, he was appointed party secretary of Chongqing in 2007, Bo, the former Minister of Commerce, turned it into a showcase revolutionary style "red culture" and his equal, state-led growth policies. He also won national attention and the fight against organized crime.
His arrogant self-promotion angered some leaders. But his populist ways and crime clean-up welcome, many of the 300,000 residents in Chongqing, as well as others who wish to take his country Bo shadow leftist policies.
Bo has received more than 2 billion yuan ($ 3.26 million) and took bribes, embezzlement 50,000 yuan, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported last Wednesday accusations. This is a government accused of accepting bribes former Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun, amounting to about one-third. Liu was given a reprieve earlier this month.
 



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