LA Times:Whistle-blower in Chinese murder case may face trial

Underlings of former Chongqing Police Chief Wang Lijun go on trial for allegedly helping Gu Kailai, wife of ousted party official Bo Xilai, cover up the killing of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Wang Lijun speaks at a news conference in 2008, when he was police chief in Chongqing, China. During the trial this week of Gu Kailai, wife of a disgraced Communist Party official, prosecutors alleged that Gu and Wang had repeatedly discussed murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. (Associated Press / August 11, 2012)

August 10, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
BEIJING — The flamboyant police official who blew the whistle onChina’s most sensational murder case by fleeing to a U.S. Consulate appears headed for prosecution himself.

Four underlings of the official, Wang Lijun, went on trial Friday on charges of covering up the poisoning in November of a British consultant on behalf of Gu Kailai, the powerful wife of former Chongqing Communist Party chairman Bo Xilai.

And during Gu’s trial Thursday, the prosecution claimed that Gu had repeatedly discussed with Wang the idea of killing Neil Heywood, and that the two had plotted for Heywood to be slain during what looked like a drug raid, according to a lawyer who attended the closed proceedings.

Full report at LA Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-murder-coverup-20120811,0,1513116.story