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Posted on 04/15/2012 4:53:05 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Briton in China murder riddle 'poisoned by cyanide drops': Sensational new claims about expat's mystery death in hotel
Neil Heywood was 'poisoned to cover up adultery and £800m wire transfers'
Websites claim Chinese official has confessed that he prepared the poison
By Hazel Knowles and Jonathan Petre
A British businessman found dead in a Chinese hotel was murdered on the orders of a fallen Communist Party chief, according to new reports. The extraordinary accounts – published on respected Mandarin-language websites yesterday – claimed to expose a sex-and-money scandal behind China's biggest political crisis in a generation. The websites described how Old Harrovian Neil Heywood, 41, died from cyanide poisoning after allegedly having an affair with lawyer Gu Kailai, wife of Bo Xilai, seen until recently as a future leader of China.
British diplomats in China were under pressure last night to explain why they did not ask questions sooner about the mysterious circumstances of Mr Heywood's death. It was alleged yesterday that Mr Heywood was murdered after helping Mrs Gu to siphon nearly £800million of assets overseas. He was poisoned last November in a hotel room in the mega-city of Chongqing by a henchman of city party leader Mr Bo, using a lethal dose of potassium cyanide – a poison that kills within minutes in tiny doses, according to the claims.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
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Am guessing a number of folks will escape a 'naming' - if by do diligence, their acts are cleaned up and disposed of 'properly'. Meantime; enough here; for another real-life challenge to fiction.
(As per 'other posting'; the cyanide thing has me wondering about Andrew Breitbart; as we wait, for a final, (maybe), reporting. . .)
It has only begun. It will get very thick. The story of cyanide poisoning and stolen money will give way to the power struggle of life-and-death at the top, riots, and coups. Back to the tumultuous days in late 60's and 70's. When Mao Zedong, Lin Biao, Liu Shaoqi, and Deng Xiaoping were at each other's throats.
Confucius say man who siphon soon get sucked in and snuffed out.
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