China’s court gave Wang Lijun a 15 year jail
sentence on the accounts of bribery, defection, abuse of power, and breaking
the law for personal gain. Had Lijun not
previously complied with the law in order to convict his wife of the murder of
a British man, he would have faced much more serious charges. Now Mr. Bo, the former party leader of
Chongqing is under investigation. Some
believe that the Obama administration should be happy that Wang escaped
execution, because when he fled to a U.S. consulate in February, the U.S. did
not offer him asylum. Mr. Bo has
supporters that believe he should have to face interdisciplinary measures, but
not criminal charges, seeing as the charges have a 98% conviction rate which would
mean some jail time for him. The idea of
Mr. Wang going to trial seems more likely now that they have discovered Mr. Bo
was very likely involved or has interfered with the trial of the British man
who was murdered. The British government has asked the Chinese
government to look into and further investigate the murder of the British man,
and find out more about what happened.
In doing so, they hope to strengthen the connection between that and Mr.
Bo and Mr. Wang.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444813104578014331362054530.html
Julie Marchese
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