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| China's Bo Xilai expelled and accused of corruption | China's Bo Xilai expelled and accused of corruption |
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| Top Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been expelled from the Communist Party and will face justice, state media say. | |
| Mr Bo, the ex-Communist Party leader in the city of Chongqing, is accused of abuse of power and corruption. | Mr Bo, the ex-Communist Party leader in the city of Chongqing, is accused of abuse of power and corruption. |
| His wife, Gu Kailai, was given a suspended death sentence in August for killing UK national Neil Heywood. | His wife, Gu Kailai, was given a suspended death sentence in August for killing UK national Neil Heywood. |
| The scandal has overshadowed the party congress that will oversee China's change of leadership. It will begin on 8 November, state media have announced. | |
| The BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing says the Bo Xilai announcement ends months of speculation over the fate of a man who was once one of China's most powerful politicians. | |
| Our correspondent says it is clear China's leaders wanted to try to end the damaging revelations, with the once-in-a-decade leadership change looming. | |
| 'Grave repercussions' | 'Grave repercussions' |
| Mr Bo has not been seen in public since shortly after the scandal erupted and was said to be under investigation. He was suspended from his party posts in April. | |
| Reporting an official statement from a party leaders' meeting, the state news agency, Xinhua, said Mr Bo stood accused of corruption, abuse of power, bribe-taking and improper relations with women. | |
| The statement carried by Xinhua said Mr Bo "committed serious errors and bears a major responsibility". | |
| "He took advantage of his office to seek profits for others and received huge bribes personally and through his family," Xinhua said. | |
| It added: "Bo Xilai's actions created grave repercussions, and massively damaged the reputation of the party and the state at home and abroad." | |
| The statement urged "party organisations at all levels" to take heed of the "negative example" of the Bo Xilai case. | |
| Xinhua said the violations included Mr Bo's time as an official in Dalian and Liaoning provinces, and as minister of commerce. | Xinhua said the violations included Mr Bo's time as an official in Dalian and Liaoning provinces, and as minister of commerce. |
| Xinhua said Mr Bo had been expelled from the party and the elite decision-making Politburo and Central Committee "in view of his errors and culpability in the Wang Lijun incident and the intentional homicide case involving [Gu Kailai]". | |
| Wang Lijun was Chongqing's former police chief who was sentenced to 15 years in jail for ''bending the law, defection, abuse of power and bribetaking" in the Neil Heywood case. | Wang Lijun was Chongqing's former police chief who was sentenced to 15 years in jail for ''bending the law, defection, abuse of power and bribetaking" in the Neil Heywood case. |
| Xinhua also announced that the party congress, which will herald the change of China's leadership, would begin on 8 November. | |
| The Bo Xilai scandal has been China's biggest in decades and has cast a long shadow over the run-up to the congress, which is expected to see Xi Jinping replace Hu Jintao as president. | |
| Mr Bo, 63, had been a prime candidate for a top post before the scandal broke. | |
| It started when Wang Lijun fled to a US consulate in February, alleging that Gu Kailai had poisoned Neil Heywood to death in November 2011. | |
| Gu was convicted of killing Mr Heywood after a multi-million dollar business deal turned sour. |