Chinese Politician to Stand Trial for Corruption
Bo Xilai, an ambitious Chinese politician whose downfall shook the Communist Party elite, will stand trial on Thursday and face charges of taking bribes, corruption and abusing power, state-run media announced on Sunday.
The brief report from the Xinhua news agency said Mr. Bo would be tried in Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province in eastern China. But the report offered few details about the lurid allegations of corruption and the ensuing scandal that exposed bitter contention within the usually secretive Communist Party leadership.
Mr. Bo, 64, fell from power last year, setting off reverberations still felt in Chinese politics. Accusations of skulduggery and corruption around him and his family have drawn the attention of the Chinese people, and his trial is considered a test of how harshly and candidly the Communist Party elite deals with one of its own.