Bo Xilai's Wife Receives Suspended Death Sentence For British Businessman's Murder -- Christian Science Monitor
More than likely, Gu Kailai will face life in prison for her role in the death last year of Neil Haywood.
China sentenced the wife of fallen Politburo member Bo Xilai to death on Monday but suspended her execution, setting the stage for a possible final purge of Bo himself in a scandal that has shaken Beijing ahead of a leadership transition.
The sentence means Gu Kailai is likely to face life in jail for murdering British businessman Neil Heywood last year.
It also brings a curtain down on China's most sensational trial in three decades, yet opens a new and more politically dangerous act for the ruling Communist Party -- how to deal with Bo, an ambitious and well-connected provincial leader whose downfall exposed rifts in the party.
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More News On The Sentencing Of Bo Xilai's Wife For Murder
Wife of disgraced Chinese politician sentenced -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
Suspended death sentence for Gu Kailai -- Reuters
China's Gu Given Suspended Death Sentence for Murder -- Voice of America
Gu Kailai gets suspended death sentence in China -- L.A. Times
Gu Kailai given suspended death sentence over 'despicable' murder -- The Guardian
Gu Kailai sentenced for Neil Heywood murder -- The Telegraph
Gu Kailai given suspended death sentence for murder of Neil Heywood -- The Telegraph
Why was Gu Kailai spared? -- Madison Park, CNN
Bo Xilai scandal: Netizens criticise Gu Kailai's sentence -- BBC
Who's who in China's Bo Xilai political scandal - AP
My Comment: She got off lucky .... correction .... very lucky.
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