MCLC: Wang Lijun charged

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: Wang Lijun charged
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Source: The Guardian
(9/5/12):http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/05/china-police-chief-def
ection

China charges former police chief with defection and power abuse
Wang Lijun fled to US consulate in Chengdu after becoming embroiled in
China's biggest political scandal in years

By Associated Press in Beijing

China says the former police chief at the heart of the country's biggest
political scandal in years has been charged with defection, power abuse
and bribe taking.

The official Xinhua news agency gave no immediate details about the
charges against Wang Lijun, but the announcement indicates a trial will
come soon, moving the scandal closer to a resolution before a key
transition to a new generation of national leaders this autumn.

Wang, who had also been a vice-mayor in the southwestern city of
Chongqing, set off the scandal by fleeing to the US consulate in the
nearby city of Chengdu. That led to the dismissal of the city's powerful
communist party boss Bo Xilai and the conviction of Bo's wife for the
murder of a British businessman.