China Murder Scandal

The fallen ex-police chief who exposed a murder by a Chinese politician's wife was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday in a decision that sets the stage for China's leadership to close a seamy political scandal and move ahead with a generational handover of power.

Prosecutors have charged the wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai and a family aide with the murder of a British businessman, the government said on Thursday, pushing ahead a case at the centre of a messy political scandal that unsettled China's leadership ahead of a delicate power transition.

The fallen ex-police chief who exposed a murder by a Chinese politician's wife was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Monday in a decision that sets the stage for China's leadership to close a seamy political scandal and move ahead with a generational handover of power.

Prosecutors have charged the wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai and a family aide with the murder of a British businessman, the government said on Thursday, pushing ahead a case at the centre of a messy political scandal that unsettled China's leadership ahead of a delicate power transition.