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April 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
However, Mr Bo’s wife has now been accused of helping kill Mr Heywood amid
reports of a row over money.
Ministers have faced questions about the British response to Mr Heywood’s
death, with some MPs suggesting the UK was slow to raise concerns about the
case.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, on Tuesday gave MPs a detailed timetable
of Mr Heywood’s death and the British response.
It revealed that on Foreign Office officials were “first made aware of
rumours within the British expatriate community in China that there may have
been suspicious circumstances surrounding Mr Heywood’s death” on 18
January.
Concerns about the case were not raised with ministers until the following
month.
The trigger for that move was a visit to a US consulate by Wang Lijun, Mr Bo’s
deputy, where he made “allegations” about Mr Heywood’s death.
Prompted by those allegations, British officials informed Mr Hague about the
case and the concern that Mr Heywood may have been murdered.
The minister immediately ordered a British request to the Chinese authorities
for a full investigation.
The request was made four times to different Chinese officials over the
following weeks, but the Chinese only announced an inquiry in April.
Sir Menzies Campbell, the former Liberal Democrat leader, said the timeline
suggested that British officials had been “over-cautious” in their
initial response to Mr Heywood’s death.
“When a British citizen dies in these circumstances, surely that should
immediately put the British authorities onto asking questions? If it were
not for the actions of Mr Wang in visiting the US consulate, we might never
have known of any of this.”
Mark Hendrick, the chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on China,
said ministers had been “too timid” in their approach to the
Chinese authorities over the case.
He said: “This seems to have been left to fester for too long. Why has it
taken until April for this information to be made public? The impression is
that the Government wanted to keep secret the fact that it had asked for an
inquiry.”
He added: “No one wants to be on the wrong side of a rising power like
China, but this is about the death of a British national so you would hope
ministers would be more assertive.”
This week, it emerged that Jeremy Browne, a Foreign Office minister, had been
Chonqqing days after Mr Heywood’s death and cremation, but had not been
informed of the case by local officials.
In his statement, Mr Hague said that ministers “are not routinely told
about the death of British nationals or other consular cases as they are so
numerous.”
However, he added: “We need to make sure that they are told in relevant
cases and we will review our procedures.”
There are concerns that the investigation into Mr Heywood’s death is a
political move against Mr Bo rather than a full inquiry into the facts.
David Cameron on Tuesday urged one of China’s most senior officials to ensure
a full and independent inquiry and offered British assistance with the
investigation.
However, Li Changchun, a member of the Politburo, did not accept the offer of
help.
Mr Hague told MPs: “We now wish to see the conclusion of a full
investigation that observes due process, is free from political
interference, exposes the truth behind this tragic case, and ensures that
justice is done.”
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