Bo Xilai allegations over death of Neil Heywood in China ‘preposterous’

The UK has called for the Chinese police to look again into Heywood’s death several times over the past seven weeks, at various diplomatic levels, the Foreign Office has said. However, the Chinese have met the requests with silence.

The Global Times, a government newspaper belonging to the People’s Daily stable, has called for the Communist party to be more transparent about what happened in Chongqing.

“We hope the central government will give an authoritative conclusion or release information so that there is less speculation and rumours do not sway public opinion,” it said, in an editorial.

However, it warned that “foreign forces” may be trying to stir up the drama around Mr Bo’s dismissal to damage the government.

“Many foreign media organisations have connected Mr Heywood’s death to what happened in Chongqing recently. We must not let the foreign media be an ‘invisible hand’ that is capable of affecting China,” it said.

“If Mr Heywood’s death is related to the events in Chongqing, this will become clear in the investigation. If there is no relation, it will be excluded from the results of the investigation,” it said, referring to a general investigation into the events that led up to Mr Bo’s dismissal.

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