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The huge amount of corruption is far more than 8 billion. Bo Xilai may be severely sentenced or even sentenced to death

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The huge amount of corruption is far more than 8 billion. Bo Xilai is likely to be severely sentenced or even sentenced to death. On April 13, Beijing time, it was close to directly dealing with the "Bo Xi" within the CCP...

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On April 13, Beijing time, a source close to the CCP who directly handled the "Bo Xilai case" told Duowei News that according to the large amount of evidence currently possessed by the CCP's investigation team, Bo Xilai's crimes will be "corruption issues of extremely egregious nature, major criminal cases, and 'personal mountaineering' that challenges the central government."

There is news that the Chinese Communist Party has initially gained control of his staggering amount of overseas assets, which is likely to become the largest corruption case in the history of the Chinese Communist Party. There is currently evidence that he personally directed or participated in several criminal cases involving homicides. In addition, individuals are "arrogant" and defy the central authority, and even challenge and threaten the central leadership. According to the initial tone of the CCP’s senior leadership’s “culpability” for Bo Xilai and above, not only is the former Politburo member and Chongqing Municipal Party Committee Secretary’s political career over, but his life will also be ended.

The Chinese Communist Party has mastered a large amount of irrefutable evidence

According to this source, the central government's "No. 3 Document" and "No. 5 Document" currently circulating outside are basically true, namely that Wang Lijun, the former Chongqing deputy mayor and public security director, entered the U.S. Consulate General in Chongqing without authorization due to a conflict with Bo Xilai, and that Gu Kailai, Bo Guagua and the British Heywood were suspected of murdering him due to a conflict of economic interests.

According to the information revealed in these two documents, senior central officials, including Hu Jintao, still had no clear understanding of the Bo Xilai issue before and even at the time of the Two Sessions. However, during the more than two months of investigation by the Central Investigation Team, Wang Lijun exposed more and more questions about Bo Xilai, the evidence became more and more abundant, and other involved personnel also began to explain Bo Xilai's situation. It is understood that the egregious nature of the crime made even the top leaders of the CCP feel "quite shocked." Although it has been widely speculated that the main reason why Bo Xilai was "taken down" by the central government was political struggle, and that his governance philosophy was inconsistent with the central government's and caused line issues. But now various evidence shows that the issue of Bo Xilai is far less than the disagreement over the party's line. After all, he is only the municipal party committee secretary of a municipality directly under the central government. He was involved in major corruption and criminal cases that were surfacing.

It is reported that the charges currently faced by Bo Xilai include: 1. Directly related to the murder of British Heywood, and may be involved in many other major criminal cases. 2. There is a huge amount of corruption and unidentified property, and its overseas assets are far more than the 8 billion yuan previously circulated. 3. When he was in charge of Liaoning Province (especially Dalian City), Chongqing City and other places, he promoted "family world" and "shantou doctrine". In order to satisfy his personal interests, he does not hesitate to use the power of the party and government in his hands. He is domineering and lawless. The party members and small circles he has cultivated have penetrated and spread into party, government, business and other institutions, providing conditions for him to obtain political rights and economic interests.

In this regard, multiple sources have pointed out that although the official has not announced further investigation results against Bo Xilai, the current statement that he "violated party discipline" is just a very "conservative" statement. More shocking investigation and handling results will be announced one after another. Due to his horrific case, it is not surprising that Bo Xilai was sentenced to death.

Became a touchstone of the CCP’s determination to fight corruption

According to the official press release issued by Xinhua News Agency on April 10 announcing the treatment of Bo Xilai’s wife Gu Kailai, the last sentence emphasized in extremely rare and strong terms that “the head of the relevant department stated that our country is a socialist country governed by the rule of law, and the dignity and authority of the law cannot be trampled on. No matter who is involved, as long as they violate the law, they will be dealt with in accordance with the law and will never be tolerated.” It hints at the possibility that the problem will move towards the future. In addition to Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai himself has also been involved in serious corruption and criminal cases.

Since Bo Xilai took power in Dalian, negative news about the corruption of him and his wife Gu Kailai has been circulating in mainland China. Although Bo frequently denied the rumors that Gu Kailai had relied on her political connections to seek business interests. However, a large amount of evidence currently available to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection shows that the Bo family currently has a huge amount of more than 8 billion yuan of funds overseas with unknown sources; a large number of overseas investments involve money laundering transactions; and the law firm that originally claimed to have been closed has actually been providing services for the "crackdown". He received legal advice and benefited from it; his son Bo Guagua was suspected of studying in the United States with donations from "black money"; and the news that Xu Ming, chairman of Dalian Shide Group, who was considered the "finance master" of the Bo family, was taken away by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to assist in the investigation, has also become one of the strong evidences for the establishment of this accusation.

If Bo Xilai is found guilty of corruption, whether he can be brought to justice will test the CCP's determination to fight corruption. In early 2012, Hu and Wen solemnly expressed their determination to fight corruption to the entire society. Subsequently, Xi Jinping, who is considered the next leader of the Communist Party of China, gave many speeches to talk about the party's clean government. In an article published in "Qiushi" magazine on March 16, he proposed that leading cadres should set an example and take the lead in maintaining the party's purity. Coupled with a series of actions such as the dismissal of Lieutenant General Gu Junshan, deputy director of the General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army earlier this year due to corruption, and Hu Jintao's establishment of an army-wide audit team to rectify the army, it can be seen that the CCP is determined to commit corruption before the 18th National Congress. At this time, how to punish Bo Xilai, a former member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, and the "Second Generation Red" in the eyes of the outside world, has become a "touchstone" for the CCP to fulfill its promises and win the trust of the people.

"Singing red and fighting gangsters" cannot be completely denied

Regarding the speculation that Bo Xilai stepped down because of his "line struggle", some political observers pointed out that Bo Xilai's personal political energy, status within the party, or the impact of his actions in Chongqing on the entire CCP are not enough to constitute a "line struggle". At present, the CCP has only determined that Bo Xilai has "political problems", but has not made it public yet.

As for Bo Xilai's "singing red and cracking down on gangsters" campaign in Chongqing, the central government did not deny it from beginning to end. This shows that in the eyes of the CCP leaders, if one puts aside Bo Xilai’s personal political factors and campaign-style handling methods, there is nothing wrong with “singing reds and cracking down on gangsters” in itself. On the contrary, it has the necessity and inevitability of its existence in the reality faced by China after decades of economic construction. "Singing famously" is in line with the basic attributes of the CCP. It can not only continue to maintain the purity of the CCP as a party that advocates socialism, but also provide moral enlightenment to today's people who have extremely "materialistic worship." The "cracking down on gangsters" is more in line with the people's wishes, cleaning up the dark side that emerged during the social transformation period, and ensuring the stability and sustainability of the entire society.

Looking at the history of the Communist Party of China, among the "fallen" Politburo members or above, only Jiang Qing and Zhang Chunqiao were sentenced to death by the court after the Cultural Revolution, with a two-year reprieve. Therefore, if according to the information revealed by the source, Bo Xilai may become the first "Member of the Politburo" sentenced to death in the history of the CCP. It remains to be seen what impact this will have on the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to be held this fall, and how it will shock the entire Chinese political arena.

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