MCLC: Wang Lijun legacy wiped clean

Denton, Kirk denton.2 at osu.edu
Tue Dec 4 10:20:48 EST 2012


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>From Jacqueline Winter (dujuan99 at gmail.com)
Subject: Wang Lijun legacy wiped clean
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Source: South China Morning Post (12/4/12):
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1097381/chongqing-balls-wiped-clean-
wang-lijun-legacy

Chongqing balls wiped clean of Wang Lijun legacy
By Staff Reporter

The two large balls sitting outside the Chongqing Municipal Building's
Public Security Bureau once epitomised former top cop and vice-mayor Wang
Lijuan¹s iron-fisted crusade against rampant crime and corruption.

Not anymore, though. The huge stone boulders, once adorned with
inscriptions by Wang with the Chinese characters "sword" and "shield" have
been wiped clean, according to reports by observant Chongqing journalists.

Wang, once the right hand man of disgraced Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai,
was sentenced to 15 years prison in September for defection, obstruction
of justice and abuses of power.

The 'Chongqing scandal' has since died down but it is obvious the city is
now trying to sever all traces to the Bo-Wang regime as quickly as
possible. They are starting with Wang's famous balls of stone.







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