Neil Heywood Death Trial Adjourned In China

	Neil Heywood Death Trial Adjourned In China A Chinese court official has said the trial of the wife of one of China's most famous politicians, who is accused of murdering the British businessman Neil Heywood, has ended after one day. The case has brought sharp focus on the inner wranglings of the ruling Chinese Communist party, with some analysts saying it is the biggest crisis the government has faced since the Tiananmen Square massacre. Mr Heywood was found dead in his hotel room in the Chinese mega-city of Chongqing last November. For 20 years he had worked in China, introducing British clients to the country's wealthy and powerful. But it was his contacts with Bo Xilai and Mr Bo's wife Gu Kailai which the Chinese authorities say cost him his life. Gu Kailai and an orderly called Zhang Xiaojun have been charged with Mr Heywood's murder. When Gu Kailai - famous in her own right as a big-hitting lawyer - was charged a few weeks ago, news agency Xinhua said a police investigation found that she and her son Bo Guagua had "come into conflict" with Mr Heywood over "economic interests". Neil Heywood Heywood regularly introduced British clients to the wealthy and powerful It claimed as a result she was worried about threats from Mr Heywood over her son's security. The wording of the Xinhua statement was very telling - what those threats are exactly or whether they are true we will probably never know. Sky News has learnt that a lawyer the family wanted to appoint for Gu Kailai has been refused access to her and to case <b>...</b>	From: DynamoMor Views: 0 0 ratings
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