Flood of new details suggests Communist Party encouraging reports
(NEWSER) - The British businessman who died mysteriously in China last November was actually poisoned with cyanide at the orders of disgraced politico Bo Xilai, reports the Daily Mail . Neil Heywood was killed because he was having an affair with Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, and because he helped her sneak $1.26 billion out of the country, risking drawing the attention of anti-corruption investigators. A Chongqing city official has confessed to preparing the poison and giving it to a Bo employee, who somehow administered it to Heywood while he was staying at a hotel in the city. More»
