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| Bo Xilai scandal : Ex-police chief Wang Lijun charged | Bo Xilai scandal : Ex-police chief Wang Lijun charged |
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| The ex-police chief at the centre of China's biggest political scandal for years has been charged with a number of offences, Chinese state media say. | |
| Wang Lijun is charged with defection, abuse of power, and bribe-taking. | Wang Lijun is charged with defection, abuse of power, and bribe-taking. |
| He briefly fled to a US consulate in February, triggering a series of events that led to the downfall of the powerful politician Bo Xilai. | He briefly fled to a US consulate in February, triggering a series of events that led to the downfall of the powerful politician Bo Xilai. |
| Bo Xilai's wife has since been given a suspended death sentence for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. | Bo Xilai's wife has since been given a suspended death sentence for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. |
| Mr Bo had been tipped for promotion to China's highest leadership this year. | |
| Wang Lijun was the former police chief of the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing and had a reputation for being tough on organised crime. | |
| In early February, the Chongqing city government said Mr Wang had been shifted to another job. | |
| Four days later, he fled to the US consulate in Chengdu, near Chongqing, where many believe he sought asylum. | |
| He spent the night there but was persuaded to leave a day later. He gave himself up to police and has been in detention since then. | |
| According to the UK Foreign Office, Mr Wang made allegations about Mr Heywood's death while at the consulate. | |
| Shortly afterwards, Bo Xilai was sacked as Chongqing's Communist party chief, and his wife Gu Kailai was accused and later convicted of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. | |
| The BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing says the charges against Mr Wang appears to be an attempt to bring the scandal to an end before China embarks on a change of leadership later this year. |