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China’s Security Ministry Suspected Neil Heywood, Slain British Businessman, Was a Spy

Neil Heywood

The murder of the British businessman, Neil Heywood, is still seen as stemming from a financial dispute, but the intelligence links add an enticing subplot to his death.

 

In China, British expatriate's death prompts calls for open trial

Gu Kailai

Friends and foes say Gu Kailai, the high-profile suspect in Neil Heywood's death in Chongqing, deserves an open trial that follows the rule of law. The country's most famous murder suspect may have laid bare divisions in Chinese society, but friends and foes alike are united in their demand that her trial be a test case for justice in a system notorious for secrecy and flouting of the rule of law.

 

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