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Bo Xilai crashed plane to kill wife of enemy: Daily Mail
The aircraft that flew China Northern flight 6136 is salvaged from the sea near the port city of Dalian, May 2002. (Photo/Xinhua)
Disgraced former Chongqing Communist Party secretary Bo Xilai and his wife Gu Kailai have now been rumored to be involved in a slew of other deaths, including blowing up a plane in 2002 to kill the wife of a rival politician.
Bo is currently being held by the Communist Party for "serious discipline violations," while his wife has been arrested on suspicion that she played a role in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood, in what has become the biggest political scandal to rock China in a generation. The downfall of the once-popular power couple has prompted speculation that they may have been involved in a number of other mysterious deaths over the past decade, with each allegation seemingly more outrageous than the next.
On Sunday, the UK-based Daily Mail reported that the fatal China Northern Airlines flight from Beijing to Dalian, which killed all 112 people on board, might have been sabotaged by Bo and Gu to eliminate the wife of one of Bo's political opponents. On the night of May 7, 2002, China Northern flight 6136 caught fire and crashed into the sea just minutes before arriving at the port city of Dalian, where Bo was serving as mayor at the time, killing all 103 passengers and nine crew members on the plane.
Among the deceased was Li Yanfeng, who worked as special assistant to the human resources chief in China's Ministry of State Security. Li's husband was Han Xiaoguang, the owner of Golden Shine International Hotel in Dalian, who was said to be an ally of Bo's political enemies, reported the Mail. At the time, Han was in prison and Li was said to be bringing letters from high-ranking officials in Beijing, including current party leader Hu Jintao, in an effort to win her husband's release.
According to Jiang Weiping, who was the Dalian correspondent of Hong Kong-based newspaper Wen Wei Po at the time of the crash, details of the incident were covered up by Bo and the plane's black box was never discovered. Jiang told the UK tabloid Sunday Express that he was being held in prison with Han at the time of the crash for accusing the Communist Party of embezzlement, and that Han told him that Bo and Gu had caused the plane crash in order to kill his wife, who "knew too much."
Jiang says his theory is corroborated by the fact that when officials released the list of fatalities, Li's profile was essentially left blankl; her occupation and other information were deliberately left blank.
State-run press agency Xinhua eventually blamed the crash on a single passenger, Zhang Pilin, who was accused of setting fire to the plane so that his family could reap the benefits of the seven insurance policies that he arranged before his death — none of which were paid out as a result. Many have expressed skepticism of the official explanation, claiming that Zhang was merely a scapegoat for diverting blame from the airline, or something more sinister.
Independent Chinese media reported that Zhang was most likely not responsible, pointing out that he and his wife were a financially comfortable upper-middle class couple with a young son. Zhang held a master's degree from Nanjing University, one of China's oldest and most prestigious universities, and had worked for the Dalian Public Security Bureau's computer center before opening his own renovation business. Zhang's brother has said the company was doing well and that there was no way that he was in financial trouble, as suggested.
On the day of his death, Zhang was said to have flown to Beijing on a day trip to recover fees for a renovation job. Shortly before the fatal flight he called his wife, telling her that he would talk to her upon his return. He also made calls to two work associates to discuss the progress of renovation projects.
Zhang's family suspects that he may have been targeted from the beginning, saying that all bodies recovered from the crash — except for his — were immediately cremated following DNA tests. They also claim that the autopsy report said Zhang died of carbon monoxide poisoning, the same cause of death as almost all other passengers.
In addition to the passengers of flight 6136, it has also been reported that Bo and Gu may be linked to the death of a Dalian man who was allegedly looking after the Bo family finances overseas, as well as a Chongqing police officer who mysteriously plunged to his death from a building in January after he participated in Heywood's murder investigation.
Other alleged potential deaths attributed to the couple include Dalian TV presenter Zhang Weijie, who was said to be having an affair with Bo before she vanished, as well as the daughter of former Dalian vice mayor Yuan Xianqian, who once worked for Gu's law firm and reportedly killed a co-worker before committing suicide.
Hong Kong-based magazine Yazhou Zhoukan also recently reported that Bo had three close associates of his former police chief Wang Lijun killed after Wang told him that Gu was implicated in Heywood's murder.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/bo-xilai-hu-jintao-wiretapping-2012-4
Jonathan Ansfield and Ian Johnson of the New York Times have an exclusive report that Bo Xilai, the one time Chinese Communist Party boss of Chongqing who is now the center of a huge corruption and murder scandal, was involved in an elaborate phone-tapping operation that went all the way to the head of the Chinese government.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/bo-xilai-hu-jintao-wiretapping-2012-4#ixzz1t6VEuiZx
Bo was even alleged to have wiretapped President Hu Jintao, and it was the discovery of this, the NYT alleges, that led to his removal from office and the investigation wider investigation into Bo's actions.
12 sources have reportedly confirmed the wiretapping occurred.
If true, it looks like the murder of British Neil Heywood may end up being a convenient side circus to the real offense. As Ansfield and Johnson write:
It revealed to [the Chinese Communist Party Elite] just how far Mr. Bo was prepared to go in his efforts to grasp greater power in China. That compounded suspicions that Mr. Bo could not be trusted with a top slot in the party, which is due to reshuffle its senior leadership positions this fall.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/bo-xilai-hu-jintao-wiretapping-2012-4#ixzz1t6VEuiZx
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