Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcast: 28/09/2012
Reporter: Emma Alberici
In a move that cements his fall from grace, China's one-time political star Bo Xilai has been expelled from the Communist Party.
EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: In a move that cements his fall from grace, China's one-time political star, Bo Xilai, has been expelled from the Communist Party. He'd already been stripped of all his positions after his wife was accused and subsequently convicted of murdering a British businessman.There is now speculation he could be charged with helping to cover up the murder.
Only last year, Bo was being tipped as the next leader of the all-powerful Communist Party.
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