-- Trials of Bo Xilai
Jinan Intermediate People's Court sentenced Bo Xilai, once secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee and disgraced member of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee, to life imprisonment for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of his power on September 22 after a public trial.
When Bo appealed to a higher court his appeal was rejected and the original sentence upheld.
Former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai is sentenced to life in prison at a court in Jinan, Shandong province, on Sunday.[Xie Huanchi / Xinhua] |