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September 17th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Dali L. Yang, an expert in
Chinese politics from the University of Chicago, said holding a
secretive initial session was a sign that state secrets and other
potentially explosive issues had been raised in court.
“He was a very senior official and a lot of it relates to secrets and all
sorts of [other] issues, whether about corruption or defection,” he
said.
Referring to the August trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced politician
Bo Xilai who was convicted of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood,
Prof. Yang added: “The Gu Kailai case was eventually isolated as a
simple murder case whereas this particular one includes essentially issues
of defection therefore it pertains to national security.” Prof. Yang
also suggested authorities might be nervous about putting a mafia-busting
cop, notorious for his iron-fisted tactics on the stand.
“Authorities must be alert to the possibility that he might not play by
the book and [that] there may be surprises for them.”
On Tuesday Mr Wang will return to court for the second, and apparently final
day of his hearing.
Earlier this month state media said he would face charges of “defection,
abuse of power, violating the law for personal favour and accepting bribes.”
But no further details have been released about charges against Mr Wang, who
sparked one of China’s worst political scandals in decades by fleeing to
Chengdu’s US consulate in February and spilling the beans about how Gu
Kailai had murdered British businessman Neil Heywood.
Mr Wang, 52, had been the right hand man and confident of Mr Bo, Chongqing’s
powerful party chief.
But in February he fled and sought refugee in Chengdu’s US consulate, where he
is said to have revealed that Ms Gu had poisoned Mr Heywood. After over 30
hours inside, Mr Wang was forced to surrender to Chinese authorities but he
had already set in motion a political scandal that continues to rock Beijing
in the lead up to this year’s crucial once-in-a-decade leadership
transition.
In August, Ms Gu was given a suspended death sentence after being convicted of
luring Mr Heywood to a hotel room in Chongqing and poisoning him with
cyanide.
During that trial details also emerged of Mr Wang’s alleged involvement in an
elaborate cover-up attempt. At one point Ms Gu’s defence claimed Mr Wang and
Ms Gu had conspired to have Mr Heywood shot and framed as a drug trafficker,
according to one lawyer who was present at that trial.
So far Mr Bo has only been accused of violating “party discipline”.
As the flamboyant former police chief and vice-mayor of Chongqing stood in the
dock on Monday, dozens of security officials equipped with radios and video
cameras patrolled the streets outside.
One Public Security Bureau agent demanded the Daily Telegraph stop taking
photographs of the building.
The second day of Mr Wang’s trial is officially open but local officials say
journalists will not be allowed into the courthouse.
Foreign journalists have been registered and photographed by local authorities
and will be chaperoned to the courthouse and allowed access to a designated
area for one hour.
“It is a public trial but not open to the media,” said Si Beibei,
from the Chengdu city government. A press conference would be held on
Tuesday afternoon, “after the trial is finished.” Wang Lijun’s
lawyer, Wang Yuncai, said her client was “fine, physically and mentally”
but declined to comment further.
“It is hard to say how it went,” she said.
Additional reporting by Valentina Luo
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